How to Talk With Youth About Human Trafficking and Exploitation Webinar
This webinar highlights resources and best practices to help educators equip students with protective measures and effectively support survivors of human trafficking.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 31 minutes
Tip Sheet: How to Talk With Youth About Human Trafficking and Exploitation
This resource offers strategies that educators can use to engage in age- and developmentally appropriate conversations with youth about human trafficking and exploitation.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Start a Conversation: 10 Questions Teens Ask About Drugs and Health
This webpage provides answers to common questions about drugs and health that can support conversations with young people about the risks of substance use.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Red Ribbon Week
This webpage provides educators, families, and communities with resources for participating in Red Ribbon Week, an awareness campaign that encourages young people to commit to a healthy, drug-free life.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Substance Use Prevention
This resource provides parents and families with information to help raise children who understand the risks of substance use. Topics include an overview of substance use among children, common substances, risk factors, age-appropriate conversation strategies, and recommendations for steps to take if a child is showing signs of substance use.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 35 minutes
Faculty Guide to Supporting Student Mental Health
This guide shares research on mental health challenges among college students and explores the role of faculty in supporting students’ mental health. The guide shares strategies for supporting mental health in the classroom, identifying students who may be struggling, and connecting students with mental health services when needed.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Jed Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
NYC Success Mentor Corps
This resource offers an overview of the NYC Success Mentor Corps — a research-based mentoring program aimed at improving attendance and educational outcomes for students in low-income communities in New York City.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources
Organization: New York City Mayor’s Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism and School Engagement
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, 4th Edition
This resource offers guidelines and best practices for effective, high-quality mentoring programs. The guide shares research, planning considerations, recommendations, and supplemental resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: MENTOR
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 14 minutes
Getting Real About Developmental Relationships: The Roots of Student Success and Resilience
This webinar highlights strategies based on the Search Institute’s “Framework for Developing Relationships” for creating relationship-rich educational spaces that support student mental health and well-being and build trust and connections with families and other stakeholders.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
Growing Youth Voice, Engagement, and Leadership Through Service-Learning
This webinar highlights the benefits of integrating service-learning into youth initiatives for increasing engagement, amplifying youth voices, nurturing young leaders, fostering collaboration, and instilling a sense of agency in addressing community issues.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Creating Space for Black Girls to R.E.I.G.N. in Out-of-School Time
This webinar highlights REIGN Inc.’s out-of-school time programming as an example of how to implement evidence-based strategies to support positive social identity formation, academic skills development, and social and emotional wellness for Black girls in urban communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Funding the Future: Strategies for Sustaining High-Quality OST Programs
This webinar explores practical strategies for sustaining programs and initiatives that have been created and expanded with Federal COVID-19 relief funds. Topics include navigating Federal funding streams, leveraging state and local resources, and employing non-funding strategies to sustain programs after initial allocations end.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Attendance Solutions Network Webinar Series
This series of four webinars supports school districts with building positive and supportive school climates and strategic partnerships to improve student attendance and engagement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
This website offers resources related to suicide prevention, including training opportunities and an online library with best practices and recommendations for supporting mental health and preventing suicide.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Federal Action Plan
This guidance document offers school administrators, community partners, and mental health professionals collaborative, priority actions to protect against youth suicide. The actions align with the goals presented in the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
This resource outlines the need for awareness, cross-sector support, and targeted strategies to prevent suicide and mental health concerns. Leaders and staff across all instructional levels can use the actionable recommendations in this resource to support staff and student mental health and prevent suicide.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 hours and 35 minutes
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
This 24/7 lifeline offers free, nonjudgmental counseling and support for individuals experiencing mental health crises. Individuals can use this lifeline to receive support for a variety of mental health challenges.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Vibrant Emotional Health
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Nurturing Healthy Minds Campaign
This website helps parents and caregivers understand and recognize signs of mental health challenges in children and youth and provides suggestions for fostering healthy conversations regarding mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of Iowa, Scanlan Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Career Pathways: Preparing Tomorrow's Workforce
This webpage highlights resources that can support afterschool and summer learning programs in forming community partnerships to help students discover new interests, develop employability skills, and access pathways to career success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Screening Districtwide for Students’ Social-Emotional Health
This article highlights the decision of Skaneateles Central School District in Skaneateles, New York, to implement universal social-emotional behavioral health screening across the district as a suicide prevention measure.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Lights On Afterschool: Health and Well-Being
This webpage highlights resources that afterschool, before-school, and summer learning programs can use to promote students’ physical and mental health and raise community awareness about the importance of sustaining programs where students are connected, supported, and taught healthy habits for life.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Youth Apprenticeships Toolkit
This resource provides information on the value of youth apprenticeships to open career pathways for students and highlights examples of successful programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Lights On Afterschool: Life and Work Skills
This webpage highlights tips and ideas for connecting skills-based learning in afterschool programs to career opportunities through entrepreneurship activities, career fairs, and partnerships with local businesses.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Family Engagement to Support College and Career Pathway Success
This resource provides family engagement resources, best practices, and implementation examples for supporting student access to flexible college and career pathways.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Overdeck Family Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Community Based Organization Playbook: Unlocking Career Success
This resource provides strategies that afterschool, summer learning, and other community-based organizations and programs can use to develop community partnerships, expand career pathway ecosystems, and lead system innovation to improve student access to high-quality careers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Building Workforce Skills in Afterschool
This report highlights examples of successful practices being implemented in afterschool programs to connect students to the workforce through career exploration activities and real-world work experiences that help students discover career paths that fit their needs and interests.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
The Primacy of Career Development
This article spotlights Cajon Valley Union School District’s “World of Work” initiative as an example of an innovative departure from traditional metrics in preparing students for success beyond high school.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Wallace Foundation Research on Leadership Development and Learning Toolkit
This webpage hosts webinars, podcasts, reports, and articles developed as part of the Educational Leadership Initiative to support leadership development for school and district leaders and to foster equitable access to high-quality education for all students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association; The Wallace Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
CTE Momentum: Power Your Future Challenge
This webpage provides information on how to participate in the U.S. Department of Education’s “Power Your Future Challenge” — the second challenge in its annual Career Technical Education Momentum series to prepare high school students for rewarding careers and increase access to career and technical education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
This Is Afterschool: Preparing Young People for the Jobs of Tomorrow
This fact sheet provides examples of how afterschool providers can partner with career and technical education programs to prepare students for career success in an evolving workforce.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Tip Sheet: State Leaders Ensure Equitable Out-of-School Time Opportunities for English Learning & Multilingual Learners
This resource outlines steps that state leaders can take to implement policies, programs, procedures, and practices that prioritize providing every student with a pathway to multilingualism while ensuring equitable access to high-quality education for English learners and multilingual learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Engage Every Student
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Afterschool and Summer Learning: A City Strategy for Workforce Development
This resource outlines ways that city leaders can strengthen workforce development in their communities by supporting high-quality afterschool and summer learning programs that expose young people to career options while building social and emotional skills to help them succeed in work and life.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National League of Cities
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
School Leadership and Mental Health
This resource provides an overview of mental health research relevant to organizational leaders in school settings and highlights strategies that district superintendents and other education leaders can use to safeguard their own mental health and support mental health for all constituents in their districts.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 30 minutes
Family Engagement to Support Student Mental Health and Well-Being
This resource provides family engagement resources, best practices, and implementation examples for supporting student mental health and well-being at home and at school.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Overdeck Family Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Afterschool Supports Children’s Well-Being and Healthy Development
This resource highlights the essential role of afterschool and summer learning programs in supporting the healthy development of young people by serving as safe spaces that foster belonging, develop supportive relationships with peer and adult mentors, encourage healthy behaviors, and help young people build important life skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Lights On Afterschool: Youth Voice and Leadership
This article shares ideas for involving youth voice and leadership in afterschool and summer learning program planning and implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
All Means All
This article identifies and explores two operating principles that help high-poverty schools support student well-being, provide high-quality education, and improve student outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Amplifying Youth Voice: Strategies for Helping Youth Have Their Voices Heard
This resource defines student voice and provides information and strategies for including students as active participants in program and policy implementation to increase student engagement, enhance education systems, and improve student outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success; The GRAD Partnership
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Afterschool in Native American and Tribal Communities: Perspectives, Programs and Practices
This webinar explores the perspectives of Native American families on afterschool programs, including community needs, barriers to participation, and potential areas of growth to help the afterschool field reach more Native American youth.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources; Lessons Learned
Organization: Engage Every Student
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 16 minutes
Youth Voice Toolkit: Elevating the Voices of Youth for Advocacy and Change
This resource provides schools, school districts, and youth-serving organizations with tools and strategies for incorporating youth voice and advocacy into their mission and programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Summer Planning Bootcamp
This 2-day virtual event highlights tools, best practices, and partnerships for designing programs that promote student well-being, youth voice, connection with nature, community service, college preparation, and career exposure.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Summer Learning Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Youth Voice and Choice
This webinar shares strategies for gathering insight and perspectives from youth in the development and design of afterschool and summer learning programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Engage Every Student
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Student and Family Playbook: Unlocking Career Success
This resource highlights steps that students and their families can take to leverage existing opportunities in high school and postsecondary education to achieve career success in an evolving workforce.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Lights On Afterschool: Using Lights On as a Funding Opportunity
This webpage provides tools for engaging local businesses to support afterschool and summer learning programs and highlights case studies of programs that have successfully involved community funders in their events.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Sustaining a Program
This toolkit highlights resources and strategies for sustaining afterschool and summer learning programs through strategic funding partnerships, advocacy, marketing, and outreach.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Sustainability Over Speed: The Role of Major Funding on the Field of Summer Learning
This report provides an overview of the role of Federal COVID relief funding in sustaining summer learning programs and highlights ways to leverage remaining funds and other opportunities to continue these programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: National Summer Learning Association;
Partnerships in Education and Resilience
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Summer and Afterschool Programs: FAQs on Accessing Federal COVID-19 Relief and Sustaining Programs After 2024
This resource provides answers to frequently asked questions on accessing Federal COVID relief funds to support summer and afterschool programs and strategies to continue sustaining these programs after funding ends.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers; National Summer Learning Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
How School Districts and Programs Are Leveraging ESSER Funds to Support Afterschool and Summer Learning
This webinar provides an overview of the ways in which school districts have been using Federal COVID relief funds to support afterschool and summer enrichment programs. Presenters highlight opportunities for building partnerships and maximizing remaining funds to ensure the continuation of these programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Engage Every Student
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 17 minutes
Superintendent Research Briefing: District-Wide Strategies for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
This webinar summarizes research on chronic absenteeism and provides district leaders with actionable strategies and frameworks for addressing it.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 58 minutes
Afterschool Programs Increase Engagement in School and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
This fact sheet summarizes research on the effectiveness of 21st Century Community Learning Centers for reducing chronic absenteeism and improving student outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Family Engagement to Support Student Engagement and Attendance
This resource provides family engagement resources and best practices for raising the bar on student engagement and attendance and highlights examples of successful implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Overdeck Family Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Chronic Absenteeism Featuring Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
This podcast highlights the need for holistic approaches to addressing chronic absenteeism and shares implementation stories and lessons learned from school district leaders in Hartford, Connecticut.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 25 minutes
Funding High-Quality Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs
This resource outlines ways that city mayors and other municipal leaders can support and advance efforts to address chronic absenteeism in local communities by investing in summer afterschool and summer learning programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National League of Cities; Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
From Crisis to Connection: Tackling Chronic Absenteeism With Data-Driven Solutions and Community Support
This article highlights strategies that K-12 school leaders can use to address chronic absenteeism and increase student engagement by leveraging data, personal outreach, and community support.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The School Superintendents Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
SchoolSafety.gov Back-to-School Campaign
This toolkit highlights resources to help K-12 schools create and sustain safe and supportive learning environments for students and educators. Resources include a list of key school safety actions, a communications toolkit, infographics, and ready-to-use social media posts and graphics.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Federal School Safety Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Restorative Practices Series #3: Doing the Work: Peace Building Circles
This webinar is the third in a three-part series on implementing restorative practices in afterschool and summer learning programs. This webinar explores proactive strategies that educators can use to constructively address student behaviors, diminish the need for disciplinary measures, and foster a peaceful learning community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 31 minutes
Restorative Practices Series #2: Before the Challenge: Proactively Establishing Program Norms
This webinar is the second in a three-part series on implementing restorative practices in afterschool and summer learning programs. This session introduces a norm-writing exercise that can be implemented to proactively and collaboratively guide students toward healthy behaviors.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 28 minutes
Restorative Practices Series #1: More Than a Band Aid: Guiding Positive Student Behavior
This webinar is the first in a three-part series on implementing restorative practices in afterschool and summer learning programs. This session connects the dots between student behaviors, potential causes, and strategies that meet students' needs while building important life skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 14 minutes
Trauma-Informed Approaches for Elementary and Adolescent Students
This audio brief provides an overview of trauma-informed approaches for supporting elementary and adolescent students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Trauma-Informed Approaches: Microlearning Module
This microlearning module provides an overview of trauma-informed approaches that support student success and well-being in 21st Century Community Learning Centers and other afterschool and summer learning programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Guiding Positive Student Behavior
This 90-minute online learning module and toolkit equips educators to 1) explain the knowledge, skills, and understandings needed to guide positive student behavior; 2) identify common mistakes people make when interpreting and influencing specific student behaviors; and 3) implement restorative practices and other strategies for guiding positive student behavior.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Inclusion as a Practice in 21st CCLC Programming
This webinar features a conversation with afterschool and summer learning program providers who highlight strategies and practices for implementing inclusive 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs that welcome and support all students, including students with disabilities and those from low-income backgrounds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Gathering and Sharing Stories of Impact: Afterschool and Summer Program Site Visits
This template provides considerations and interview questions to support education agencies in preparing to gather impact stories during afterschool summer learning program site visits.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Ignite: Attendance, Engagement, and Achievement
This webinar shares how high-impact tutoring, academic enrichment, and summer programming provided through 21st Century Community Learning Center programs support learning recovery by increasing student attendance, engagement, and achievement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Centers National Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 31 minutes
Ensuring College Access and Success for American Indian/Alaska Native Students
This resource provides an overview of the state of higher education for American Indian and Alaska Native students, including current opportunities and barriers to success, and highlights practices and innovations that support college preparation, admission, affordability, and success for this population.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Campaign for College Opportunity
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Using Data to Inform MTSS Efforts to Promote Student Well-Being
This fact sheet highlights the value of social-emotional learning and mental health data, offers strategies for data collection at the school and school district level, and explains how these data can be used to identify inequities and promote student well-being.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and the Importance of Promoting Student Well-Being
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework and highlights examples and best practices for implementing MTSS to support students’ social emotional learning and mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Bringing an Equity Lens to Student Well-Being Through the MTSS Framework: Guiding Questions for Implementation
This fact sheet presents considerations for centering equity in the process of planning and implementing a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) approach to supporting students’ social emotional learning and mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Supporting Educator Well-Being Using Evidence-Based Supports
This fact sheet highlights the importance of prioritizing educator well-being and explores practical strategies to support teachers and staff who may be struggling with stress, burnout, and mental health challenges.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Meeting the Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs of All Students
This fact sheet highlights strategies for using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and student support teams to meet students’ social, emotional, and behavioral health needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
An Asset-Based Approach to Multilingual Learner Terminology
This infographic explores how the terminology used to identify and describe multilingual learners can reflect an asset-based approach that acknowledges and affirms the unique strengths and experiences of multilingual learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
How Educators and Caregivers Can Create Supportive Conditions for Success in PreK-12 Mathematics
This infographic describes the importance of students’ learning math; best practices for high-quality math instruction; and supplemental resources focusing on the roles of schools, school districts, educators, and families in supporting students’ math learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Framework for Equitable Opportunities to Learn in STEM
This resource offers a framework and resources for advancing equity within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning. School districts, schools, and educators can review the elements of the framework and prioritize actions to foster STEM learning; broaden student participation in STEM courses; remove institutional barriers and negative beliefs; and affirm the identities, cultures, and strengths of all students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Secondary Transition Planning for Students With Disabilities
This infographic outlines the process of secondary planning for students with disabilities. The infographic describes relevant laws and the roles of schools, families, and vocational rehabilitation agencies in preparing students with disabilities for success after high school.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Developing Strong Foundational Literacy Skills in Children – It Takes All of Us!
This infographic shares resources and training materials for supporting students in developing strong foundational literacy skills, with different sections that outline the roles that different community members play in helping students develop these skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Summary of Listening Sessions With Trans, Nonbinary, and Affirming Students and Educators in Honor of Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) 2024
In March 2024, the U.S. Department of Education hosted listening sessions with trans, nonbinary, and affirming students and educators in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility 2024. These listening sessions culminated in this resource, which shares resources aligned with Federal guidelines and feedback gathered from participants on how schools and school districts can ensure that LGBTQI+ students and educators feel safe, valued, and included at school.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn ; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources; Lessons Learned
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Beyond the Books Podcast and Videos
This webpage features a podcast and videos sharing student experiences with school practices and supports that are intended to build safe and supportive learning environments. These resources offer insight and recommendations for how school communities can collaborate with students to improve school climate.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Mathematics Research Summaries: Standards, Content, and Pathways
This resource summarizes research on foundational mathematics content, process standards, and college and career readiness considerations that state education agencies can use to inform standards for K-12 mathematics content and instruction.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
English Language Arts Standards Briefs: Literacy Research Summaries
This resource highlights evidence-based approaches to reading, writing, and literacy instruction that state education agencies can use to inform standards for K-12 English Language Arts content and instruction.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Free to Learn Webpage
This webpage highlights resources aligned with the U.S. Department of Education’s Free to Learn initiative which aims to support K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in understanding, implementing, and sustaining evidence-based practices and policies that support school safety, mental health, and positive school climates, and violence prevention.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
In Session Podcast
This podcast series highlights ways that state and local education agencies and their partners are using Federal funds to build safe and supportive learning environments by strengthening school-based mental health services and implementing trauma recovery and prevention programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Free to Learn: Leading Inclusive Learning Environments in Higher Education
This guide provides leaders in higher education with resources for fostering safe and inclusive campus environments, including tools for crisis response and management, strategies for supporting individual and community resilience and recovery, and information on the civil rights obligations of institutions of higher education.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
College Scorecard Educator and Advisor Resources
This webpage hosts a pair of College Scorecard toolkits for educators and college access advisors, including classroom instructional materials that equip students to use the College Scorecard to make informed choices about their college and career options and a professional development training on using this tool in college advising activities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Outdoor Play and Safety for Children in Early Childhood Education
This webpage highlights the benefits of outdoor play for healthy child development and shares ways that families and early childhood providers can reduce children’s risk of illness or injury while playing outdoors.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary and Trends Report: 2013–2023
This report provides data on trends in the health behaviors, experiences, and well-being of high school students in the United States over a 10-year period. Focus areas include trends in sexual behavior, substance use, experiences of violence, mental health, and social media use.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 18 minutes
Identity-Based Bullying and Mental Health Among Black and Latino Youth: The Moderating Role of Emotional Suppression
This article examines the prevalence of identity-based bullying and the links between identity-based bullying and mental health for Black and Latino youth.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, The Hackett Center for Mental Health; Texas A&M University; Montana State University
Estimated Engagement Time: 33 minutes
Families Learning From Families: Disrupting Racism at the Intersections in Schools
This webinar for families and community members shares stories, approaches, and lessons learned on advancing anti-racist practices in school communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Equity Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
Exploring Strategies School Systems Can Utilize to Support Black Students Who Encounter Racial Stress and Trauma
This webinar shares strategies for educators to help students navigate a culturally complex world while decreasing negative physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
Confronting Anti-Black Racism
This webpage for educators includes materials to use with middle and high school students to help them understand the history of anti-Black racism in the United States and explore ways to address it in their own communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: PBS LearningMedia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Protecting Students: Race, Color, or National Origin Discrimination
This webpage provides resources related to Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 including laws, issues, case resolutions, frequently asked questions, and more.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Fact Sheet: Preventing Racial Discrimination in Special Education
This fact sheet provides guidance on addressing the Title VI prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race/color/national origin in the administration of special education services in public schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Confronting Discrimination Based on National Origin and Immigration Status
This fact sheet outlines the responsibilities of public schools to provide equal access for children to enroll and participate in elementary and secondary schools without regard to their or their parents’ or guardians’ immigration status.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Undocumented students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
We Need Supportive Spaces That Celebrate Us: Black Girls Speak Out About Public Schools
This report offers eight recommendations that schools can implement to support Black girls and eliminate policies, attitudes, and actions that perpetuate anti-Black racism.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Education Law Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 59 minutes
Unpacking the Pennsylvania Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Education Competencies
This guide explores Pennsylvania’s culturally relevant and sustaining education competencies and provides recommendations for putting each one into practice.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Teach Plus
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Seen and Affirmed: What Black Educators and Students Need to Thrive
This article shares best practices for schools and school districts to support Black educators and students based on interviews with school leaders.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Black Educator Advocates Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Practice Briefs for K-12 Educators
This webpage shares practice briefs containing current research, practical examples, reflective questions, and useful strategies for advancing racial equity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of Southern California, Race and Equity Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Hmong and Latina/o/x Testimonios: The Pedagogical Space
This resource spotlights three powerful testimonies written by high school students describing the educational inequities that Hmong and Latina/o/x students experience.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Equity Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
“And they cared”: How to Create Better, Safer Learning Environments for Girls of Color
This guide shares common language and practices that can be used to reform exclusionary discipline policies and improve school climate to help address the needs of girls of color.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Education Trust
Estimated Engagement Time: 38 minutes
Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators
This guide helps educators learn about the interplay of race and trauma and how to address its effects on students in the classroom.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Using Data Effectively to Drive Equitable Improvements in Postsecondary Student Success: A Playbook
This resource highlights data- and evidence-based practices that higher education leaders can use to leverage data to improve equitable student outcomes. Strategies include building capacity for and a culture of data-driven improvement, using the most insightful metrics available, conducting targeted analyses, and using data to inform and evaluate ongoing efforts to remove barriers to student success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Action Planner for Reengaging Students to Support Everyday Attendance
This tool guides school leaders through a collaborative process of assessing the root causes of decreases in enrollment and engagement and collectively developing effective re-engagement strategies and interventions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Sustaining Momentum and Achieving Impact When Part C Leadership Changes
This impact story provides information on how the Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting can support state early intervention (Part C) programs through staff transitions by providing continuity and addressing evolving needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deafblind
This online learning module equips early intervention providers with foundational knowledge on best practices and strategies to use when working with children who are deafblind to support communication and concept development.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours
The DaSy Center Supports North Carolina’s Journey to Link IDEA Part C and Part B 619 Data
This impact story describes the process by which the Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems supports state education agencies in linking data between early intervention (Part C) and early childhood special education (Part B 619) programs to assess program quality and improve outcomes for young children with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Elevating Family Voices: How ECTA and DaSy Technical Assistance Supports State Innovations for Equitable Family Input
This impact story highlights ways that the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center and the Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems work together to support state early intervention programs in improving the quality of family data and leveraging this data to offer intensive, equity-driven technical assistance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
A Journey to More Inclusive Classrooms: ECTA's Partnership With Illinois
This impact story describes the processes and outcomes of the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center’s 2-year technical assistance program, which has helped Illinois and other states establish more inclusive early childhood program policies and practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
70 Years After Brown: Resources for Educators
This webpage offers instructional aids for teaching students about the background and impacts of Brown v. Board of Education alongside resources to support school leaders in addressing ongoing inequities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Equity Assistance Center-South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Strategies for
Vulnerable Students
This resource outlines human trafficking prevention strategies that build protective factors for all students and highlights special considerations for supporting students who may be more vulnerable to exploitation, including students with disabilities, newcomers to the United States, and students experiencing homelessness.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Making the Most of Your Parent-Teacher Conference: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers
This resource provides educators with a framework for conducting effective, positive, and individualized teacher-parent conferences.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Improve Attendance With Personalized Messages: A Step-by-Step Guide for Educators
This resource provides school and school district leaders with guidance on implementing personalized messaging strategies to reduce absenteeism by communicating about the importance of attendance, inviting two-way communication, and updating families about their student’s attendance status.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Center for Rural Education Research Networks
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 Schools
This webpage provides guidance for K-12 school leaders on preventing and mitigating the spread of infectious diseases at school.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Creating Inclusive Workplaces for Black Teachers
This video shares research on the positive impacts that Black teachers have in education alongside data on retention issues affecting Black teachers. The video provides state and local education agencies with strategies for improving educator diversity and creating affirming, inclusive working environments for Black teachers.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Section 504 Protections for Students With Cancer
This fact sheet informs K-12 and higher education communities about the legal rights of students with cancer under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Section 504 Protections for Students With Epilepsy
This fact sheet informs K-12 and higher education communities about the legal rights of students with epilepsy under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Section 504 Protections for Students With Sickle Cell Disease
This fact sheet informs K-12 and higher education communities about the legal rights of students with sickle cell disease under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Supporting Equal Opportunity in School Athletic Programs: A Resource for Students and Families
This fact sheet describes how Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities, including athletic programs, that receive Federal funds. The resource provides examples of situations that could constitute Title IX concerns and actions to take if someone thinks that a school is failing to provide equal opportunity under Title IX in its athletic program.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Discipline Equity for American Indian and Alaska Native Students: Recommendations for District Leaders
This report describes how exclusionary discipline practices negatively impact students, including American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. The report shares how some states have worked to address disproportionate rates of exclusionary discipline and offers recommendations for school districts and policymakers on reducing exclusionary discipline rates among AI/AN students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Missing More Than School: Reducing Chronic Absence for American Indian and Alaska Native Students
This resource shares data on chronic absenteeism rates among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, insights into root causes of chronic absenteeism, and culturally appropriate strategies for improving attendance among AI/AN communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Increasing American Indian and Alaska Native Content in English Language Arts Standards: A Tool for Education Leaders
This tool supports state education agencies in incorporating high-quality, authentic American Indian and Alaska Native content into their English language arts standards review and revision processes to support learning for all students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 13 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Bi/Multilingualism Programs: Evidence-Based Practice for Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation
This report for schools offers an overview of evidence-based practices for implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of bilingual and multilingual education programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Indigenous Educator Pathways: Creating Positive Student Outcomes
This article for Tribal, state, and Federal education leaders summarizes key insights from a three-part webinar series on developing career pathways for Indigenous educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Diversifying the Teaching Workforce Through K-12 Work-Based Learning Experiences
This report for school district leaders offers strategies for diversifying the educator workforce and developing work-based learning programs that engage students to consider teaching careers.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Equitable and Inclusive Hiring Practices: A Reference Guide of Strategies to Grow and Diversify the Educator Workforce
This resource offers recommendations for improving hiring practices to help attract, recruit, and retain a highly skilled and diverse workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Rhode Island Department of Education; Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 33 minutes
Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs: Paving the Road to the Teaching Profession
This course for state education agencies outlines the value of Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (R-TAPs), with considerations for developing, designing, and funding R-TAPs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Comprehensive Center Network
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Get Smart Fast: Recruiting, Retaining, and Diversifying the Teacher Workforce
This infographic for schools and school districts highlights innovative models that can be used to recruit and retain high-quality educators that reflect the diversity of their students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Comprehensive Center Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Designing for Education With Artificial Intelligence: An Essential Guide for Developers
This resource, designed for education technology teams, provides guidance for establishing safety, security, and trust while creating artificial intelligence products and services for use in education.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
A Third-Grade Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
This guide for third-grade teachers provides recommendations to facilitate family involvement in their child’s literacy development.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 59 minutes
A Second Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
This guide for second-grade teachers provides recommendations to facilitate family involvement in their child’s literacy development.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
A First Grade Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skill
This guide for first-grade teachers provides recommendations to facilitate family involvement in their child’s literacy development.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 44 minutes
Extreme Heat: Tips to Keep Kids Safe When Temperatures Soar
This article lists the signs of heat illness in children and provides tips from pediatricians on how to keep kids safe in extreme temperatures.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Talking to Kids About Back-to-School Worries: Tips for a More Productive Conversation
This article highlights strategies that parents and caregivers can use for communicating with and supporting students concerned about returning to school after a break, absence, or school closure.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Child Mind Institute
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Prepare With Pedro
This webpage hosts a disaster preparedness program created by the American Red Cross for kindergarten and elementary school students including activity books, games, and storybooks.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español; العربية; Français; Kreyòl; 日本語; 한국어; Русский; Tagalog; Tiếng Việt; 简体; 中文
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Physical Safety Measures: Outdoor and Entrance Safety Procedures
This resource outlines procedures for securing entry points to school facilities and establishing protocols for authorized access to protect the school community from intruders in the context of school-based gun violence and other threats.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Physical Safety Measures: Communication Systems
This resource provides considerations for establishing accessible emergency communication systems that allow the school community to alert administrators and law enforcement to possible threats and that support effective and timely response during an emergency.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Physical Safety Measures: Classroom Safety Procedures
This resource outlines classroom safety procedures to consider including as part of broader physical safety measures designed to prevent, mitigate, and protect against school-based gun violence and other threats.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Implementing Physical Safety Measures Effectively at Schools
This resource highlights practical safety measures that can be implemented in schools and classrooms to prevent, mitigate, and protect against school-based gun violence and other threats.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
How State Leaders Can Help Respond to Incidents of School-Based Gun Violence and Support Recovery in School Communities
This brief discusses considerations for organizing state-level supports for schools and school districts recovering from school-based gun-violence. Topics include coordinating response teams, defining response scope, managing personnel, planning and implementing an effective response, supporting communications, and conducting after-action reviews.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Welcoming Schools: Bullying Resources
This webpage for schools provides tools, lesson plans, booklists, tipsheets, and additional resources to address bias-based bullying and create LGBTQ+ inclusive environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
LGBTQI+ Youth
This webpage for schools identifies practices for creating a safe environment for LGBTQI+ youth and how to file a complaint if a student believes they have faced discrimination at school based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; because they do not conform to sex stereotypes; or for another reason.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Confronting Anti-LGBTQI+ Harassment in Schools: A Resource for Students and Families
This fact sheet for schools provides examples of the kinds of incidents the Educational Opportunities Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education can investigate as well as actions to take if a student has been treated unfairly because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
FACT SHEET: U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule Overview
This fact sheet for schools provides an overview of the updated Title IX regulations, which strengthens vital protections for students and provides clear rules to help schools meet their Title IX obligation to eliminate sex discrimination in their education programs and activities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Using Data and Evidence to Tackle Chronic Absence
This blog post provides education leaders with information and resources for interpreting post-pandemic chronic absenteeism data. The article also shares a case study of how the Long Beach Unified School District in California is using attendance data to shape their student support systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Four Strategies to Increase Student Attendance Through Personalized Family Messaging
This blog post provides education practitioners with guidance for creating personalized messages to families to encourage student attendance and reduce absenteeism. Key components of effective messaging include personalization, informing families of their child’s attendance status, emphasizing the importance of attendance, and providing school contact information.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Every Student, Every Day: A Multi-Tiered Approach to Reducing Chronic Absence in Elementary School
This webpage shares resources and a video with guidance and strategies for reducing chronic absenteeism and supporting student achievement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Exploring Implementation of Attendance Supports to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in the Providence Public School District Visual Brief
This brief presents findings from a study on the effectiveness of various attendance interventions on chronic absenteeism in the Providence Public School District in the 2018-19 school year. The brief includes takeaway guidance for other school districts looking to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Exploring Implementation of Attendance Supports to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in the Providence Public School District
This webpage shares findings from a research study on the effects of various attendance interventions on chronic absenteeism rates within the Providence Public School District in the 2018-19 school year. The report and supplemental materials offer insights into the potential impacts of different strategies for reducing chronic absenteeism.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Parlier Attendance Materials
This resource describes the Parlier Unified School District’s attendance initiative and offers data on absenteeism, strategies to improve attendance, and communication materials for families on partnering with schools to reduce chronic absenteeism. Portions of the resource geared toward messaging families are available in Spanish.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQ+ Youth Resources
This webpage offers a compendium of resources to support Native LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirited Youth.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Tribal Youth Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Can Texting Parents Improve Attendance in Elementary School? A Test of an Adaptive Messaging Strategy
This report provides education leaders with results from a study that tested adaptive text messaging as a strategy for reducing chronic absenteeism among elementary school students. The study found that the adaptive text messaging intervention successfully reduced chronic absenteeism among students in the sample group.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data
This guide supports state and local education agencies in improving their attendance data collection and use practices. The resource includes best practices, strategies for addressing challenges, and real-life examples of how school districts have effectively used attendance data.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Attendance Works: Letters for Families
This webpage provides teachers and school leaders with sample letters for communicating with families about attendance throughout the school year.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Secondary Start School Calendar: 25 Days of Learning and Building Community
This printable calendar provides secondary schools with a tool for building relationships during the first month of school. The calendar provides a different community-building activity each day for 25 days.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Elementary Start School Calendar: 25 Days of Learning and Building Community
This printable calendar provides elementary schools with a tool for building relationships during the first month of school. The calendar provides a different community-building activity each day for 25 days.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Chronic Absenteeism in Rhode Island: What We Know
This infographic provides parents and caregivers with data and statistics regarding the link between school attendance and student learning outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Rhode Island Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Pupil Services and Attendance: iAttend LAUSD
This webpage summarizes and provides resources for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s “iAttend 2.0” initiative. The initiative aims to help schools implement multi-tiered systems of support that target student attendance challenges.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Los Angeles Unified School District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Missing School = Missing Out
This webpage for families and caregivers provides resources and policies regarding chronic absenteeism in the Fort Worth Independent School District. The website also shares a messaging campaign aimed at improving attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Fort Worth Independent School District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Partnering With Families of Children Who Are Dual Language Learners
This resource provides information, example scenarios, and resources to help schools partner with families of students who are dual language learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
Attendance Works: Posters
This webpage supplies education practitioners with posters for preschool, elementary, and secondary schools that encourage student attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Handouts for Families: Parents Can Build the Habit of Good Attendance
This webpage provides teachers and schools with educational materials for families on the connection between chronic absenteeism and student achievement. Many of the resources are available in multiple languages.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español; Kreyòl; Tagalog; Tiếng Việt; 中国人
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Boston "Win the Day" Campaign
This webpage summarizes Boston Public Schools' “WIN THE DAY” attendance messaging initiative. This initiative uses innovative engagement strategies to improve student attendance rates over an 8-week period.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Boston Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Engage Families at Teacher Conferences
This webpage provides teachers with suggestions for conducting parent-teacher conference meetings and two-way communications that help families and caregivers overcome barriers to student attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
School Is Better With You! In School, Every Day
This webpage provides resources and communication materials for promoting student attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Attendance Matters: Cool 2 Be in School
This webpage outlines Rhode Island's “Attendance Tool” and supporting materials for reducing student absenteeism. The page includes data dashboards, information regarding attendance incentives, resources, student and school spotlights, and a social media toolkit.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Rhode Island Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Early Matters: Cultivating Engagement and Attendance in Kindergarten
This toolkit helps educators, families, and kindergarten students overcome attendance barriers and establish a foundation for early school success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Low Preschool Enrollment Rates Threaten to Worsen Student Achievement
This blog post provides parents, caregivers, and education practitioners with information, statistics, and equity considerations regarding preschool enrollment rates. The post also shares state-level actions to improve preschool access and quality.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Students With Disabilities and Chronic Absenteeism
This brief presents the possible risks and benefits for students with disabilities of states selecting chronic absenteeism as a measure of school quality or student success. The resource also offers suggested actions that states can take to address chronic absenteeism for students with and without disabilities at state and local levels.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Center on Educational Outcomes
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Attendance Works: Interactive Exercises
This webpage offers a suite of interactive resources that education practitioners can use to communicate the importance of daily attendance to families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Attendance Works: Student Attendance Focus Group Protocol
This sample focus group protocol provides school and school district leaders with a model for gathering student feedback on the root causes of absenteeism. The knowledge gained from these focus groups can help schools develop plans to increase attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Attendance Works: Qualitative Resources
This webpage offers tools and approaches that schools, school districts, and community partners have effectively used to gather student and family feedback on root causes of absenteeism. By gaining insights on barriers to attendance, schools and school districts can develop responsive interventions to address chronic absenteeism.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Meeting the Chronic Absenteeism Challenge: What Do We Know?
This brief shares data and trends on chronic absenteeism and offers evidence-based strategies for school and school district leaders on reducing chronic absenteeism.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success; Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Everyone Graduates Center; The GRAD Partnership
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Effective School-Community Partnerships to Support School Mental Health
This resource shares information on the benefits of comprehensive school mental health systems (CSMHS), how CSMHS can be implemented within a multi-tiered system of support framework, and how schools can successfully work with community partners to implement CSMHS.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists; National Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: A Tip Sheet for Decision-Makers
This resource shares facts about comprehensive school mental health systems (CSMHS) and provides state and local education agency leaders and legislators with strategies for advancing the adoption of CSMHS in their state.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association; National Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: A Tip Sheet for Families
This fact sheet provides information for parents, caregivers, and families on the features and benefits of comprehensive school mental health systems. The resource provides key facts and strategies to help families work with their local school leaders to improve and expand mental health services in schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association; National Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: A Guide for State Education Agencies
This resource provides targeted guidance for state education agencies to develop and implement comprehensive school mental health systems (CSMHS). The guide outlines the benefits of CSMHS, its core features, and strategies for creating a statewide CSMHS strategy and framework.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers; National Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: Guidance From the Field
This webpage hosts a guide and supplemental materials that provide guidance on comprehensive school mental health systems (CSMHS). Together, these resources describe the benefits and value of CSMHS, the core features of school mental health systems, challenges and recommendations, and featured examples of schools and school districts that have successfully implemented CSMHS.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for School Mental Health
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The Experiences of MENA LGBTQ Students in U.S. Secondary Schools
This report for secondary schools describes how Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) LGBTQ students experience school, including their feelings of safety, hearing biased remarks and experience with victimization based on personal characteristics, experiences with school discipline, and access to and benefit of school supports.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: GLSEN
Estimated Engagement Time: 42 minutes
Erasure and Resilience: The Experiences of LGBTQ Students of Color
These reports for schools explore the experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx, and Native and Indigenous LGBTQ youth.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: GLSEN
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People With Disabilities
This guide for schools provides information on how to best support LGBTQ+ young people with disabilities and better understand the issues that impact them.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Trevor Project
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Advocating for LGBTQ Students With Disabilities
This guide for educators and parents provides an overview of LGBTQ students with disabilities, as well as actionable recommendations on how to best support them. It includes a blueprint for successfully developing an Individualized Education Program for special services or a 504 plan for academic accommodations for LGBTQ students with disabilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Human Rights Campaign Foundation; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Association of School Psychologists; National Education Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Considering Assistive Technology for Students With Disabilities
This webpage for parents of students with disabilities provides a checklist of questions and related resources to guide the process of determining where and how to integrate assistive technology into a student’s individualized education plan. This resource is available in both English and Spanish.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The Center for Parent Information & Resources
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
You Are Welcome: Creating Safe & Supportive School Environments
This video showcases efforts in Akron Public Schools to cultivate safe and supportive school environments through methods including the Making Equitable Schools Audit — a tool designed to help schools leverage community-wide relationships and data to foster equitable and welcoming school environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
Learning Recovery Efforts Interactive Map
This interactive map allows users to search for information and research on learning recovery efforts and federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief plans by location, topic, population, and grade level.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Toolkit: Engaging Your Corporate Volunteers in Student Support Roles
This resource for Corporate Social Responsibility leaders highlights strategies for engaging employees in volunteer opportunities that support student success, including roles as tutors, mentors, and postsecondary transition coaches.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Unlocking Pathways State Policy Heat Map
This interactive map provides information on state policies aligned to the focus areas of the Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success Initiative, including dual enrollment, work-based learning, workforce credentials, and career advising and navigation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources; State or Local Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
What We Wish Our Teachers Knew
This brochure, written by intersex youth, provides educators with information on the experiences of intersex students and how to best support them.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: InterACT Youth
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Supporting Intersex Students
This fact sheet for students, families, and educators provides resources to support intersex students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools
This guide for school administrations, teachers, and parents shares information about how to provide safe and supportive environments for all transgender students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Center for Lesbian Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 24 minutes
The RESPECT Workshop: Preventing Health Risks and Promoting Healthy Outcomes Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Students
This workshop for school staff offers a self-paced online professional development curriculum for addressing the needs of LGBTQ youth.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Psychological Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Q&A for Helping Educators and School Providers to Provide Guidance and Support for Parents and Caregivers of LGBTQ Students
This guide for school staff offers background information to engage and provide support for parents and caregivers of LGBTQ students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Family Acceptance Project
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Resources for Gender and LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools
This webpage provides educators with the tools and training they need to embrace teachable moments, interrupt bias-based bullying, support transgender and non-binary students, and be prepared to answer important questions about LGBTQ+ and gender topics with students and families.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
LGBTQ-Visibility and Integration in Elementary Schools
This resource for elementary educators provides tools to support creating inclusive environments. The lessons focus on name-calling, bullying and bias, LGBT-inclusive family diversity, gender diversity, and gender roles.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: GLSEN
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Classroom Resources
This resource for educators provides best practices and practical strategies for creating learning environments that are safer and inclusive for LGBTQ students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: GLSEN
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Creating Safer Spaces in Schools for LGBTQ Young People
This infographic for schools shares practical tips and tools for creating inclusive and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ young people.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Trevor Project
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People
This report for schools and school districts provides recent data on the experiences of young people ages 13 to 24 across the United States and provides data-driven ways to support LGBTQ+ young people.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: The Trevor Project
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Q&A Resource on Student-Led Groups to Support LGBTQI+ Students and Allies
This fact sheet for schools and school districts provides information about the rights students have to form and participate in Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) and other similar groups.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos: Apoyar a los jóvenes y familias LGBTQI+ en la escuela
This Spanish-language fact sheet for schools and school districts provides examples of policies and practices that can be developed to support LGBTQI+ students and families.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
U.S. Department of Education: Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth and Families in School
This fact sheet for schools and school districts provides examples of policies and practices that can be developed to support LGBTQI+ students and families.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
The NASSP Principal Recovery Network Guide to Recovery
This resource provides principals with best practices for guiding schoolwide recovery efforts following a school shooting. The guide offers strategies for securing support, reopening school, addressing the needs of students and staff, holding commemorations, and listening to student voices.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: National Association of Secondary School Principals
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Families and Educators
This webpage equips caregivers and school personnel with age-appropriate strategies for helping students process acts of violence, build resilience, and recover a sense of safety following an incident. Translated versions of this resource are available in several different languages.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Crisis Recovery
This webpage highlights how school leaders can leverage multi-tiered systems of support to facilitate the transition back to school following a traumatic event or emergency.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Returning to School: Agenda Template for Staff PD Days and Additional Considerations
This sample agenda for administrators highlights key considerations for planning staff professional development days following an emergency. Planning goals focus on establishing layers of support for staff, students, and families before resuming classes.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Extending Schoolwide Systems to Support Extracurricular Activities
This resource for educators and school staff provides strategies and templates for establishing positive, schoolwide behavioral norms that extend beyond the classroom to extracurricular activities and events.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Returning to School After a Crisis: A Guide to Addressing Traumatic Events at School
This resource provides best practices and actionable steps that educators and school staff can use to help students cope and recover in the aftermath of a traumatic event impacting the school community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Modelo de carta para almacenamiento seguro de armas de fuego
Para que los directores y administradores del distrito escolar personalicen y diseminar a las familias, tutores y cuidadores para compartir información esencial sobre el almacenamiento seguro de armas de fuego.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Safe Firearm Storage Sample Template Letter
This customizable letter provides school and school district administrators with a template for sharing information about safe firearm storage practices with families and caregivers. This resource is a downloadable Zip file.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Families and Caregivers as Partners in School Emergency Management
This fact sheet provides school and school district leaders with strategies and guidance for partnering with families and caregivers to coordinate effectively during an emergency and build overall school emergency management capacity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Empathic Instruction: A Powerful Tool for Addressing Inequitable Disciplinary Actions in Schools
This resource outlines data on and impacts of race-based discipline disparities in schools. The infographic describes an intervention — the Empathic Instruction intervention — that schools and school districts can implement to disrupt bias, instill a growth mindset among teachers that positively impacts students, and reduce discipline disparities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Safe Spaces: Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice for Educational and Care Settings
This three-part series of free virtual training modules supports K-12 and early childhood education practitioners in recognizing the signs of trauma and stress in children and young adults and responding with appropriate care. Users must create a free account to access these trainings. Each module is available in both English and Spanish languages.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Office of the California Surgeon General
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Leveraging Federal Funds to Disrupt Disproportionate Discipline Practices
This brief shares historical context and current data on the issue of disproportionate discipline practices in K-12 schools. The brief offers detailed guidance for addressing this issue by using Federal funds to improve equity within school discipline practices.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Report on the Condition of Education 2024
This annual report from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences offers a comprehensive review of the national education landscape, from early childhood through postsecondary education. The report also shares key indicators on labor force outcomes and provides international comparisons.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 27 minutes
Integrating K-12 Students With Disabilities Into School Emergency Management Planning
This fact sheet provides school administrators and education practitioners with information and resources to integrate the needs of students with disabilities into their school emergency plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Collaborating With Youth-Serving Organizations to Enhance School Emergency Operations Plans Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides schools and school districts with strategies for building partnerships with youth-serving community-based organizations to strengthen emergency operations plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Rural Schools: Emergency Management Planning for All Settings
This fact sheet supports rural school leaders and emergency planning teams in collaborating with community partners and the community at large to support safety, security, preparedness, and emergency response in rural school settings.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Understanding Educator Resilience and Developing a Self-Care Plan
This downloadable training module contains materials needed to conduct a training for education practitioners on avoiding compassion fatigue, developing resilience strategies, and forming a professional self-care plan.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
After-Action Reviews and Reports for K-12 Schools and School Districts
This course trains school administrators, education practitioners, school district leaders, and community partners in developing after-action reviews and reports that enhance school emergency operations plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 60 minutes
Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans at a Glance: Active Shooter Situations
This webpage shares information and key considerations for education practitioners on improving preparedness for active shooter situations in schools. Users can navigate through several webpages in this series using the arrows at the bottom of each page.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
EOP Interactive Tools: Free Emergency Management Planning Tools for Education Agencies
This suite of interactive tools guides education practitioners in developing and revising emergency operations plans, examining buildings and grounds, and aligning emergency planning efforts with best practices.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
School Connectedness
This webpage highlights the benefits of a sense of belonging for students’ physical and mental health and provides strategies that schools can use to foster school connectedness.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
What Can Schools Do?
This webpage highlights ways that schools can promote a sense of belonging among students, including evidence-based classroom management strategies, LGBTQ+ inclusive practices, and positive youth development programs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Healthy and Supportive School Environments
This webpage provides information for schools and parents on strategies for fostering healthy learning environments that support students in their social and emotional development.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Enhance Connectedness Among Students, Staff, and Families
This webpage provides school leaders with strategies, equity focus areas, and implementation tips to help build a sense of belonging among all members of the school community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Cost Effectiveness of Prevention Approaches to Support Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
This fact sheet describes a variety of evidence-based preventative mental healthcare models for supporting infants, young children, and their families and highlights the cost-effectiveness of adopting preventative approaches.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Cost-Effectiveness of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Treatment
This fact sheet highlights the long-term benefits of investing in evidence-based mental health treatments for infants, young children, and their families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Protecting Students From Discrimination
This letter provides leaders in education with concrete examples of unlawful discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including discrimination against students and school community members who are or are perceived to be Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian, Hindu, or Palestinian.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 40 minutes
Supporting Arab American Students in Classrooms
This article highlights the experiences of Arab American students and offers strategies and tools that educators can use to foster more inclusive school environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Learning for Justice
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
ING Resources for K-12 Educators, Colleges, and Universities
This webpage for educators in K-12 schools and higher education hosts a collection of resources designed to foster a deeper, more nuanced understanding of Muslim and other faith-based, racial/ethnic, and cultural communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Islamic Network Group (ING)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Middle East and North Africa Student Experience Panel
This webinar features a panel discussion elevating the voices and experiences of Middle Eastern and North African students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: San Diego County Office of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Identity Journeys: The South Asian American Student Experience
This webinar features a panel of South Asian high school students from across the country discussing their experiences with race, identity, and culture in schools today.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Asia Society; Center for Global Education; The Culture Tree
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
Educator Brief: Understanding & Supporting MENA & Muslim Students
This resource provides an overview of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) families and experiences along with recommendations on how to effectively support MENA and Muslim students in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Immigration Initiative at Harvard, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Educator Brief: Supporting Black Immigrant Students and Their Families
This resource offers information and strategies that educators can use to build understanding and implement effective supports for Black immigrant youth and families in their school communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Immigration Initiative at Harvard, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim? What’s the Difference?!
This article differentiates among the terms Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim and includes a classroom exercise and supplemental materials that educators may integrate into Social Studies lessons.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Teach Mideast
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Responding to Bullying
This webpage outlines steps that adults can take to keep students safe by responding quickly and consistently to bullying behavior.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
How to Prevent Bullying
This webpage provides guidance on the roles that parents, school staff, and other caring adults can play in preventing bullying in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
The Healing Classrooms Programme
This webpage highlights training opportunities and resources to support educators in developing inclusive and nurturing learning environments where refugee and asylum-seeking students can gain the necessary academic, social, and emotional skills to thrive.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: International Rescue Committee
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Serving up Tradition: A Guide for School Food in Culturally Diverse Communities
This resource provides school leaders with guidance for honoring cultural diversity in meal programs, including actionable steps and case studies.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Massachusetts Farm to School; FoodCorps Massachusetts
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF): Teaching and Learning Stories, A Demonstration Brief
This brief explores the results of integrating the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and the Interconnected Systems Framework models across school systems and school districts. These models are associated with an increase in social, emotional, and behavioral support for students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 26 minutes
IES Resources for Supporting Student Engagement
This webpage offers research-based tools for educators and policymakers for reducing student absenteeism. Key strategies involve communication, partnerships, positive school climate, data-based decisions, and early warning systems.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Stories From the Field: Central School District
This video follows one district's journey to positively improve the lives of school community members by implementing the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and the Interconnected Systems Framework models.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Medicaid School-Based Services Technical Assistance Center
This webpage explains how the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center supports state Medicaid agencies, state and local education agencies, and school-based entities in expanding their capacity to assist students through Medicaid.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Delivering Services in School-Based Settings: A Comprehensive Guide to Medicaid Services and Administrative Claiming
This guide for state and local education agencies provides an overview of the scope, implementation, and financing of providing school-based health care services to students, especially those enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 hours and 12 minutes
Medicaid Funding for School-Based Services
This fact sheet summarizes the benefits of Medicaid funding for school-based services and shares steps for states to expand these services to all Medicaid-enrolled students (not just those who receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
FACT SHEET: Improving Access and Care for Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
This fact sheet shares resources and Federal efforts to strengthen and improve access to mental health and substance use programs. These efforts include increasing school-based behavioral health supports with Federal funding.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Using PBIS to Build a Culture of Wellness for All
This webinar explores ways to use a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework to effectively organize resources with the goal of building a culture of wellness, cultivating educator well-being, and creating safe and supportive school environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 60 minutes
PBIS Improves Student & Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing
This resource outlines the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework and highlights key impacts of implementing this framework within schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Bully Prevention Manual (Elementary Level)
This handbook provides educators and administrators with guidance and a curriculum designed to decrease bullying behavior by reframing the definition of bullying, implementing positive behavior supports, and instructing students on what bullying is and how to address it.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 42 minutes
Understanding Educator Resilience and Developing a Self-Care Plan
This webinar provides education practitioners with a foundational understanding of the elements necessary for educator resilience, along with actionable steps for building resilience, reducing compassion fatigue, and increasing educators’ capacities to work effectively with students impacted by stress, loss, and trauma.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 59 minutes
Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Well-Being and Success: Strategies for Student and Teacher Support Teams
This fact sheet is one of four resources supplementing the U.S. Department of Education’s Guiding Principles for Creating Safe, Inclusive, Supportive, and Fair School Environments publication. This fact sheet equips state and district leaders with strategies for developing effective student support teams to identify students in need of assistance and to implement effective interventions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety; Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports; National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments; Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center; Student Engagement and Attendance Technical Assistance Center; Title IV, Part A Technical Assistance Center; Best Practices Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth
This webpage hosts a series of guides, including a foundation-setting document and four companion guides, to help educators, health care professionals, families, and communities support the mental health of LGBTQIA2S+ youth.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Early Childhood Teachers’ Well-Being: What We Know and Why We Should Care
This article discusses the conditions contributing to poor health for many early childhood educators and offers holistic, interdisciplinary recommendations to help individuals, programs leaders, and policy makers improve early childhood educator health and well-being.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: ZERO TO THREE
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Redefining Approaches for Engaging English Learners With Mathematical Ideas
This resource offers guidance and considerations for improving math instruction for secondary English learners by reimagining how key math terms and definitions are taught and by supporting English learners in generating their own mathematical ideas and definitions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Research & Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Mathematics Lessons in Three Moments: Amplified Opportunities for English Learners
This resource describes how secondary math educators can improve their instruction for English learners, including through authentic engagement, scaffolding, and contextual learning opportunities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Research & Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting Deaf Students in the Classroom Within a PBIS Framework
This practice brief outlines how schools can implement the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework to support the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of deaf students. The brief outlines the core components of the PBIS framework and offers supportive, evidence-based practices that educators and school staff can embed into this framework to best support deaf students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders Through School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
This practice brief outlines how schools can implement the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework to support students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The brief shares how evidence-based practices for supporting students with ASD can be embedded into a PBIS framework and provides supplemental resources to support educators in implementing the recommended practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Why Rural Matters 2023: Centering Education and Opportunity
This 2023 report describes education conditions in rural communities across the country, including information about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students living in rural communities. The report highlights the need to address current challenges in rural education systems and provide holistic student support services to improve education equity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: National Rural Education Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
White House Toolkit for Sustainable and Healthy Schools
This toolkit highlights Federal opportunities and resources that can be used to improve the health, safety, and sustainability of K-12 facilities. This resource provides state and local education agencies with an overview of relevant Federal funding opportunities, programs, and resources available to build safe and healthy school environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Digital Backpack: Resources to Address Chronic Absenteeism in Your Community
This webpage provides school districts and schools with an overview of key considerations, evidence-based strategies, and high-quality resources to help address the challenges of chronic absenteeism.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Meeting the Chronic Absenteeism Challenge – What Do We Know?
This brief provides an overview of state and Federal data on chronic absenteeism, discusses the impacts of chronic absenteeism at the school and district levels, and highlights resources and strategies that have proven effective in improving attendance rates.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The GRAD Partnership
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Teacher Quality Partnership Program
This webpage provides an overview of the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program — a Federal grant designed to address educator shortages and improve student outcomes by strengthening the quality of educator training programs and recruiting highly qualified individuals to the field. This resource includes information on TQP grant awards, eligibility, application, funding, and related legislation.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Policy Statement: Inclusion of Children With Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs
This joint policy statement of the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services outlines the rights of young children with disabilities regarding access to high-quality, inclusive early childhood programs. This document includes a policy overview, foundations for inclusive programming, opportunities for improvement, goals for creating a nationwide culture of inclusion, recommendations for state and local efforts, and supporting resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
Home Visits Toolkit
This toolkit equips educators and administrators with best practices, resources, and templates for planning and conducting effective home visits to strengthen family and community engagement. This resource includes special considerations for interacting across language and culture differences as well as for supporting families experiencing homelessness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 35 minutes
Recruitment and Retention of Personnel Serving Young Children With Disabilities
This webpage provides strategies and resources to support state and local efforts to recruit and retain educators serving young children with disabilities, with a focus on addressing the disproportionate impacts of shortages on historically marginalized and underserved communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Findings on the Implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Drawn From the Experiences of Six High Schools
This resource for state education agencies compares the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) across six high schools and presents thematic insights that may be used to improve MTSS implementation at the secondary level.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Always and Anywhere: Adapting Universal Teaching Practices to Fit Needs and Dreams in Rural, Remote, and Isolated Pacific Communities
This brief highlights universal education best practices and discusses ways to adapt these strategies to the needs and aspirations of students within specific cultural contexts. Case studies of four Pacific regions are discussed to demonstrate culturally responsive applications of the techniques provided.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes
Capturing the Opportunity: How ESSA Can Elevate Our Youngest Learners
This brief explains how school districts can leverage Federal funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act to provide essential services for low-income students, children from multilingual families, and those experiencing housing insecurity. The brief also highlights resources to support overall student well-being, including social and emotional wellness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Students experiencing homelessness; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Bien-Estar: Cuidando la Salud Emocional de la Comunidad Latina
Les invitamos a mirar este webinar y aprende acerca del bien-estar emocional y como cuidar su salud emocional.
This workshop, presented in Spanish with English captions available, discusses mental health access challenges and psychosocial stressors specific to the Latino community and offers strategies both to help prevent the onset and to mitigate the impacts of mental illness.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours
Supporting Student Attendance and Engagement
This website provides information about chronic absenteeism as well as Federal funding sources and technical assistance center resources for supporting regular student attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Sustaining Efforts to Boost Regular Student Attendance
This fact sheet provides a list of Federal funding sources that schools and school districts can use to increase student attendance and combat chronic absenteeism, as well as a suite of associated technical assistance resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
LGBTQI+ Students Online: 10 Questions to Promote Digital Health, Safety, and Citizenship
This resource provides information and a series of guiding questions to help schools consider whether their policies and climate provide a safe and supportive learning environment that supports the digital health, safety, and citizenship of LGBTQI+ students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Guidance on State General Supervision Responsibilities Under Parts B and C of the IDEA
This policy document provides state and local education agencies and early intervention service providers with guidance in fulfilling their responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Parts B and C to ensure that children with disabilities, ages 3 through 21, receive a Free Appropriate Public Education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 17 minutes
Uplifting Black Muslim Youth Toolkit
This toolkit provides individuals, families, and organizations, including schools, with resources for supporting Black Muslim youth.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Family & Youth Institute
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Talking to Children About Hate Crimes and Antisemitism
This fact sheet offers developmentally appropriate strategies for discussing incidents of hate crimes and antisemitism with children.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Teaching Materials on Antisemitism and Racism
This website shares lesson plans and resources for teaching about antisemitism, the historical intersection of racism and antisemitism, and the Holocaust.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Teaching About Judaism
This lesson plan for grades 6-12 is designed to help teachers introduce students to Judaism and its basic tenets.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute for Curriculum Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Shared Ancestry or Ethnic Characteristics
This website explains how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) affords protection to students from discrimination or harassment based on actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics. The webpage also provides links to U.S. Department of Education policy guidance and resources regarding these Title VI protections.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Race, Color, or National Origin Discrimination: Frequently Asked Questions
The webpage offers answers to frequently asked questions about Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, addressing Federal protections for students from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Protecting Student Mental Health in the Face of Antisemitism and Islamophobia
This article provides institutions of higher education with recommended actions for supporting student mental health amid threats to student safety based on nationality or religious affiliation. The article encourages clear communication; appropriate responses to student concerns; and the development of a positive, inclusive campus climate.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Jed Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Preventing and Responding to Bias and Hate Incidents in K-12 Educational Settings: A Toolkit for School and Community Leaders
This toolkit provides education practitioners with best practices for navigating difficult conversations, hosting solidarity events, and improving preparedness for incidents of unrest, bias, and hate crimes in school communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources; Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Leading Inclusive Learning Environments During the War in the Middle East: K-12 Schools
In this webinar, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, presenters discuss laws, resources, and strategies to ensure that students of all backgrounds and ethnicities can learn in a safe, inclusive environment.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 55 minutes
Leading Inclusive Learning Environments During the War in the Middle East: Colleges and Universities
This webinar, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, provides institutions of higher education with laws, resources, and strategies to ensure that students of all backgrounds and ethnicities can learn in a safe, inclusive environment.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 56 minutes
Jewish Americans
This lesson plan for grades 6-12 is designed to teach students about the history and diversity of the Jewish American community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute for Curriculum Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
IDEALS: Bridging Religious Divides Through Higher Education
This study examines college students’ experiences with religious differences and shares how institutions of higher education can help bridge religious divides.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Interfaith America
Estimated Engagement Time: 35 minutes
How to Respond to Discrimination and Bias
This blog article provides guidance for college students for proactively addressing both experienced and witnessed instances of discrimination and bias.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Jed Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Guía de principios para la creación de entornos escolares seguros,
inclusivos, justos, y de apoyo
This Spanish-language guide shares five guiding principles that support an inclusive and positive learning environment and offers potential actions that schools and school districts can take to foster these environments. The guide also lists Federal resources that support schools and districts in ensuring a positive school climate.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
Fact Sheet: Protecting Students From Discrimination Based on Shared Ancestry or Ethnic Characteristics
This fact sheet outlines the protections afforded by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for students who are or are perceived to be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or of another religious group.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Landmark Step to Counter Antisemitism
This webpage clarifies that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits antisemitic, Islamophobic, and other related forms of discrimination in Federally funded activities. The webpage also shares the coordinated actions taken by the Biden-Harris administration to address a rise of antisemitism in the United States, including efforts by the U.S. Department of Education.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Facilitating Political Discussions
This workshop guide provides college and university leaders with resources and activities for training educators and administrators on how to facilitate politically charged conversations in a way that promotes both free expression and inclusion.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute for Democracy & Higher Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Educators Toolkit
This website offers resources, reports, and videos to help education practitioners create inclusive, enriching learning environments for all students, especially those who are Muslim.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Educator Resources to Address Antisemitism in Public Schools
This website provides educators with resources and tools for teaching about antisemitism.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: San Diego County Office of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Dismantling Islamophobia
This article shares six strategies for preventing anti-Muslim bullying and harassment in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter on Shared Ancestry
This letter reminds schools and institutions of higher education of their legal responsibility to provide all students with learning environments that are free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Cultural Proficiency, Diversity and Equity at North Penn School District
This webpage provides information on cultural proficiency and shares an example of one school district’s approach to valuing diversity and committing to equity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: North Penn School District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Countering Islamophobia - Learning for Justice
This webpage shares a lesson plan for grades 9-12 on the impacts of Islamophobia and deconstructing stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Learning for Justice
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Confronting Islamophobia: Facing History and Ourselves
This webpage provides educators with a lesson plan on the history of Islamophobia, modern manifestations and impacts, and the importance of standing up against prejudice.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Facing History & Ourselves
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Combatting Antisemitism Through Education
This resource for Washington educators and school leaders shares an overview of historical and contemporary antisemitism, Title VI protections for Jewish students and families, and educational materials for teaching about antisemitism.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Combating Discrimination Against Jewish Students
This fact sheet offers educators and leaders at state and local education agencies examples of action or inaction by school officials in addressing instances of discrimination against Jewish students that could violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Bridging Differences Playbook
This guide provides education practitioners with research-based skills and resources to foster constructive dialogue that promotes understanding across groups.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of California, Berkeley-Greater Good Science Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
2022-2023 Guidelines for Respecting Religious Diversity in Montgomery County Schools
This resource outlines the policies of the Montgomery County Public Schools district for valuing and respecting religious diversity and ensuring that students are free to express their beliefs and religious practices without fear of discrimination, harassment, or bullying. The document outlines policies related to absences for religious holidays, prayer at school, religion in instructional programs, extracurricular student religious activities, and religion-related dietary restrictions.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Montgomery County Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Transforming Kindergarten
This webpage offers a suite of resources with guidance and best practices on a range of topics related to kindergarten, including developmentally appropriate practice, improving equity in kindergarten transitions, standards and policy guidance, and case studies highlighting various state efforts to improve kindergarten.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community
This webpage provides leaders in state and local education with an overview of the "Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community" – a technical assistance group focused on best practices in kindergarten. This webpage describes the Community's areas of focus, state and national partners, and features a series of short videos sharing strategies for improving kindergarten programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Turning Back the Tide: The Critical Role of States in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
This article is the third in a three-part series on addressing chronic absenteeism. This final installment recommends several data-based strategies that states can implement to help improve attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
All Hands on Deck: Today’s Chronic Absenteeism Requires a Comprehensive District Response and Strategy
This article is the second in a three-part series on addressing chronic absenteeism. This second installment discusses the need for a coordinated response and provides actionable strategies that states and districts can use as they work together to improve attendance rates.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Family Engagement and Transition to Kindergarten
This webpage provides education practitioners with a collection of resources and videos to support effective family engagement during the transition to kindergarten.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Rising Tide of Chronic Absence Challenges Schools
This article is the first in a three-part series on addressing chronic absenteeism. This first installment analyzes 2021-22 attendance data highlighting the increase in chronic absenteeism and shares resources for responding effectively to this challenge.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Early Matters: Cultivating Engagement and Attendance in Kindergarten Toolkit
This toolkit equips school and school district leaders with step-by-step guidance for improving kindergarten attendance through effective community engagement practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Dear Colleague Letter: Mixed Delivery Preschool
This letter encourages states, schools, and school districts to implement a mixed delivery approach to preschool programs by leveraging the joint capacities of school and community-based early education providers and various funding opportunities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools ; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Teacher Apprenticeship Programs
This brief describes the characteristics of teacher apprenticeship programs, outlines considerations for monitoring the quality and outcomes of the programs, and summarizes research on the quality and retention of graduates of similar programs and the academic achievement of their students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
Continuous Improvement for a Multi-Tiered System of Support in Reading
This webpage contains materials for a three-session training series for school and district literacy team leaders on implementing evidence-based practices for continuous improvement within a multi-tiered system of support for reading.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Strengthening the Teacher Workforce to Support Multilingual Learners: A Tool for State Educational Agencies
This reflection tool is designed to support state education agencies in recruiting, retaining, and supporting teachers who serve multilingual learners.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
School Spending & Outcomes Snapshot: Supporting Conversations on Equity and School Improvement
This online data visualization tool allows users to explore state and local education agency spending and outcome data to better understand and improve equity within education systems.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
6 Key Factors to Assess Every District’s Risk of an Upcoming ESSER Fiscal Cliff
This webpage shares an analysis of historical data and trends in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds spending in school districts across the country. Based on this analysis, the webpage offers six key indicators that can help states understand which school districts may be at risk of an upcoming fiscal cliff with the end of ESSER funding.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Education Resource Strategies
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Return on Investment in Education: A “System-Strategy” Approach to K-12 ROI
This webpage offers information, videos, and a five-step process called the System Strategy Return on Investment (ROI), which helps school district leaders assess ROI and make improvements by leveraging high-impact strategies related to education investments.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Education Resource Strategies
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How School District Leaders Can Support Teachers and Drive Change
This webpage provides resources and guiding strategies for recruiting and retaining a diverse educator workforce, improving working conditions for educators, strengthening compensation models, and providing supports to educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Education Resource Strategies
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How Traditional U.S. Department of Education Grants Can Help Sustain ESSER Activities
This webpage shares a video, resource, and presentation that highlights how state and local education agency leaders can sustain initiatives funded by Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds for the long-term by leveraging alternative Federal funding streams.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Alliance for Resource Equity Toolkit
This comprehensive toolkit offers a guiding framework, tools, and resources to help educators, education stakeholders, and state and local education leaders assess equity within their education systems and create action plans to improve equity so that all students have access to a high-quality education.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Alliance for Resource Equity
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Flexing the Flexibility of ARP-HCY Funding Series: Making the Most of Federal Relief Dollars to Help Students Experiencing Homelessness
This webpage highlights available uses of American Rescue Plan – Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) funds to support students experiencing homelessness and shares examples of how school districts across the country are strategically spending ARP-HCY funding for this purpose.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Schoolhouse Connection
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Oregon District ESSER Outreach: Tools and Templates to Support Local Communication About ESSER Spending
This toolkit supports school districts in communicating about their use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to support students, teachers, and school communities in recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit offers tips, templates, sample social media posts, and supplemental resources.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Braiding Funds to Support an Effective and Diverse Educator Workforce
This resource offers California education leaders a planning approach, paired with guiding strategies, for braiding state funds, Federal funds, and specialized grants to recruit and retain a diverse educator workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
How to Spend ESSER Funds Strategically for K-12 Transformation
This online toolkit provides resources, tools, and implementation examples to help school districts embed Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) spending decisions into comprehensive, long-term plans for school improvement.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Education Resource Strategies
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Understanding Personalized Learning Implementation With Data
This article focuses on how personalized learning can help students take ownership of their learning and shares best practices for using data to track personalized learning implementation.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
You’ve Got This! Dyslexia Screening for Multilingual Learners
This article shares strategies for considering the unique assets of multilingual learners when screening for reading disability. The article shares data on the increase in multilingual learners in U.S. public schools, summarizes some of the challenges of screening multilingual students for reading disability, and offers guiding questions for educators and school leaders to consider when interpreting reading disability assessment data for multilingual learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English Learners; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Instructional Practice Briefs
This suite of resources details six evidence-based practices that support implementation of high-quality instruction for students with disabilities. Topics include planning for and delivering instruction, reviewing and intensifying instruction, teaching social behaviors, teaching cognitive and metacognitive strategies, and using instructional technology.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) Information for Parents
This resource offers parents, guardians, and caregivers with information on the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, including eligibility criteria, a list of covered vaccines, and VFC provider locations. This resource is available in both English and Spanish.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
High Impact Tutoring Toolkit
This toolkit provides local education agencies with key principles, resources, and factors to consider in designing and implementing high-impact tutoring programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: National Student Support Accelerator; Texas Education Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: 26 minutes
Oklahoma State Department of Education: School Counseling Corp Initiative
This fact sheet provides district leaders with an overview of the Oklahoma Department of Education’s School Counselor Corps Initiative, which leverages Federal COVID relief funds to increase the volume of counselors and mental health professionals in Oklahoma public schools through a competitive grant program.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources
Organization: Oklahoma Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
The Vermont Community Schools Act (Act 67 of 2021)
This webpage hosts resources related to the Vermont Community Schools Act (Act 67 of 2021), which established a grant opportunity for eligible applicants to develop and pilot Community Schools models across the state. As defined in this act, Community Schools function as resource hubs coordinating services to provide integrated student supports, increase engagement, and expand out-of-school-time learning opportunities to better support all students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Vermont Agency of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Virginia Department of Education: Grow Your Own Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program
This program profile provides Virginia school and district leaders with an overview of the Virginia Department of Education’s Grow Your Own Registered Teacher Apprenticeship grant program. This program is designed to address teacher shortages by assisting eligible entities in establishing and implementing apprenticeship programs to recruit new educators for hard-to-fill positions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 39 minutes
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Home Visits for Re-Engaging Students Who Were Chronically Absent in the Era of Covid-19
This report for leaders in state and local education agencies evaluates the effectiveness of home visits as part of the Connecticut Department of Education’s Learner Engagement and Attendance Program, which was created to mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on student attendance and engagement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; State or Local Resources; Lessons Learned;
Organization: Center for Connecticut Education Research Collaboration
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hour and 43 minutes
Staying the Course Toward Strong HQIM Implementation in Delaware
This report highlights the positive impacts of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) in Delaware and outlines recommendations to aid state, district, and school leaders and professional learning providers in supporting more effective HQIM implementation across their schools and districts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Columbia University, Center for Public Research and Leadership
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 13 minutes
Maine Online Open-Source Education (MOOSE) Project
This platform provides educators with a set of PreK-12 online learning modules designed to enhance student learning on topics and themes aligned with educator-identified areas of need and statewide Maine Learning Results standards.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Maine Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Dear Colleague Letter on Addressing Chronic Absenteeism
This letter shares key actions for states to promote regular school attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
School Pulse Panel: Responses to the Pandemic and Efforts Toward Recovery
This interactive webpage shares monthly data reflecting aspects of the U.S. education system. The data provided span topics such as college and career readiness, learning recovery, school safety, social and emotional well-being, staff shortages, and more.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Alternative Assessment: Definitions, Examples, Tools, and Resources
This report provides a high-level scan of tools, measures, and resources on alternative assessment evaluation as well as a review of associated state policies. The scan introduces ways in which states are implementing flexible graduation and credit-awarding options through competency-based assessments.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
Educational Coherence Toolkit
This toolkit helps administrators and educators explore ways to create alignment between curriculum, programming, and staffing to create coherent learning experiences for students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Evidence-Based Instructional Practices Course Collection
This series of self-paced courses for educators offers evidence-based practices that support high-quality instruction for students with disabilities. The courses provide guidance for planning, delivering, reviewing, and intensifying individual and group instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
High-Leverage Practices for Students With Disabilities
This website offers resources, including a guide and related tools and videos, that provide educators with evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. The guide includes information, terms, recommended practices, and an interpretation and analysis of how collective use of these practices can best support students with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective
Educator, Development, Accountability and Reform Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 hours and 15 minutes
Effective Strategies: Family & Community Engagement for Newcomer Students in Hawai‘i
This brief provides best practices for administrators and educators for supporting newcomer students and their families in Hawai‘i.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 30 minutes
Reimagining and Amplifying Mathematics Participation, Understanding, and Practices
This webpage describes the Reimagining and Amplifying Mathematics Participation, Understanding, and Practices (RAMPUP) study—a research study on the impacts of a 3-week mathematics course for high school English learners. The webpage also includes a list of research-based tools for supporting English learners by integrating language development into secondary math curricula.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Design and Implementation of the ESSA Resource Allocation Review Lessons Learned in Utah
This brief provides leaders in state and local education agencies with an overview of the design and implementation of Utah’s resource allocation review process for funds granted under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The resource highlights best practices and lessons learned, including 1) using cross-department teams, 2) establishing a shared vision, 3) considering resources beyond funding, 4) designing a service-oriented process, and 5) tracking and monitoring progress.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Habits Framework: A Model for Connecticut Districts and Schools
This resource provides a model for Connecticut school and school district leaders for integrating social and emotional learning into academics to support students in developing essential life habits.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 48 minutes
Beyond Recovery: Funding High-Impact Tutoring for the Long-Term
This guide highlights how states and school districts can sustain high-impact tutoring programs after Federal COVID relief funds expire. It shares examples of other applicable Federal funding sources and explains how they can be leveraged to support tutoring programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Accelerate
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
Strategies for De-escalating Student Behavior in the Classroom
This brief offers research-based strategies that help educators plan for and respond to escalated student behavior without relying on reactive or exclusionary practices (e.g., restraint, seclusion, suspension, or expulsion). Instead, the resource shares strategies that focus on safe, instructive, and inclusive approaches to escalated student behavior.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Discipline Disproportionality Problem Solving: A Data Guide for School Teams
This resource is intended to guide school and school district teams through a process of improving equity within disciplinary policies and practices. The guide shares a framework and key steps for identifying and analyzing disproportionalities in discipline data and implementing an action plan to improve equity in school discipline.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
A Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
This resource serves as a companion guide to the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide, “Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade” and is designed to support kindergarten teachers in engaging families in practicing reading skills at home. The resource offers key strategies that build on the recommendations outlined in the WWC practice guide as well as evidence-based literacy activities, including ready-to-use materials and resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Kentucky Department of Education Mathematics Instructional Resources Consumer Guide
This guide provides curriculum development teams with parameters, aligned to Kentucky state standards, for selecting high-quality mathematics instructional resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Kentucky Department of Education Reading and Writing Instructional Resources Consumer Guide
This guide provides curriculum development teams with parameters, aligned to Kentucky state standards, for selecting high-quality reading and writing instructional resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Acceleration Roadmap: Pathway to an Equitable Recovery
This tool provides a focused and phased approach to support the acceleration of student learning after the COVID-19 pandemic. Two versions of this resource offer support for the unique needs of classroom educators and building administrators.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Profile of Students With Disabilities in U.S. Public Schools During the 2020-21 School Year
This fact sheet provides information and statistics from the 2020-21 school year regarding student enrollment, course-taking, school climate, bullying, and disciplinary actions involving students with disabilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Assistive Technology Devices and Services for Children With Disabilities Under the IDEA
This guidance (available in English and Spanish) shares myths and facts about assistive technology (AT) devices and services for students with disabilities and explains the AT requirements outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Family Engagement Learning Series Briefs
This series of briefs outlines a six-part webinar series produced by the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with Carnegie Corporation of New York and Overdeck Family Foundation. The briefs share research, implementation examples, resources, and key strategies for how family engagement supports student success from kindergarten through postsecondary and career trajectories.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Toolkit for the Promotion of Voter Participation for Students
This toolkit supports schools in encouraging the civic engagement of all students and expanding youth voter participation. It provides recommendations, resources, and implementation examples from schools and institutions of higher education that have facilitated youth voting and civic learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Early School Success
This letter encourages states, schools, and school districts to utilize Federal funding to expand preschool access and improve the quality of preschool programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Serving Preschool Children Through Title 1, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as Amended: Non-Regulatory Guidance
This guidance document helps states, schools, and school districts understand how to use funds under Title 1, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. After defining Title 1 terms, exploring who is eligible to participate in a Title 1 program, and considering teacher and paraprofessional qualifications, the document outlines parent and family engagement, the transition from preschool to kindergarten, and the use and coordination of funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 52 minutes
Preparing Teacher Candidates for Online and Hybrid Instruction
This series of professional learning videos and PowerPoint presentations provides higher education faculty and stakeholders with guidance in equipping K-12 teacher candidates to plan, design, and deliver effective instruction for online and hybrid classrooms.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
IRIS Center Modules
This library of professional development learning modules provides educators with self-paced trainings on a wide range of topics including classroom and behavior management, family engagement, progress monitoring, accommodation and individualized education program development, and effective instructional practices for supporting English learners.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: IRIS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Culturally Responsive Student Outcome Measures
This brief provides educators with an overview of the Culturally Responsive Education model, together with examples of culturally responsive measures that align classroom instruction, assessments, and learning outcomes with students’ local contexts and daily experiences, treating these experiences as valid and powerful sources of knowledge.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Raising the Bar for English Learners: Tips and Resources to Create Robust Pathways to Multilingualism
This fact sheet shares resources for ensuring equitable education access for English learners as a part of U.S. Department of Education’s goal of providing every student with a pathway to multilingualism. Topics include family engagement, early learning opportunities, equitable dual language programs, and the removal of barriers to Seal of Biliteracy acquisition.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Engage Every Student: Tip Sheets
These tip sheets provide state, city, district, afterschool, and summer learning program leaders with resources and strategies to support their out-of-school time (OST) efforts. Topics include collaborating with municipal officials on afterschool and summer learning, OST learning, and connecting through stakeholder visits.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Engage Every Student
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Implementing MTSS in Secondary Schools: Challenges and Strategies
This brief shares information and implementation strategies to help secondary schools implement a multi-tiered system of supports. The resource also includes sample schedules and intervention planning materials.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
K-12 School Security Guide Product Suite
This suite of products provides K-12 schools and school districts with tools and strategies to improve physical security. The suite includes a guide with best practices, an assessment tool, and an accompanying virtual training series.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Improving School Safety Through Bystander Reporting: A Toolkit for Strengthening K-12 Reporting Programs
This toolkit offers five strategies to help schools and school districts strengthen their reporting systems to improve school safety—encourage bystander reporting, make reporting safe and accessible, follow up on reports, make reporting a part of school life, and create a positive school climate. The toolkit also provides checklists and self-assessments to help schools implement the strategies contained within the toolkit.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Partnering to Safeguard K-12 Organizations From Cybersecurity Threats
This report synthesizes research on the current landscape of cyber threats facing K-12 schools and provides recommendations and strategies to help school leaders improve their cybersecurity posture and reinforce a culture of cybersecurity in their schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
ESSER Funding Cliff Toolkit: Data-Driven Financial Decision Making for Post-ESSER Spending
This toolkit is designed to help school districts make decisions about which programs funded by Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds should continue to be sustained after the sunsetting of ESSER funds in September of 2024. The toolkit guides users through determining return on investment on ESSER-funded programs and making strategic decisions regarding 2024-25 budget planning.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Bilingual Education: Lessons From Washington State
This report presents state education agencies with the fourth installment in a 4-part briefing on addressing the bilingual teacher shortage across the United States. This final briefing outlines Washington state’s approach to bilingual education, including the policy and funding strategies used to expand access.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Comprehensive Center Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Leveraging Flexible Teacher Certification Policies to Address the Bilingual Teacher Shortage
This report presents state education agencies with the third installment in a 4-part briefing on addressing the bilingual teacher shortage across the United States. Recommended strategies include 1) providing educators with multiple certification pathways, 2) offering a menu of certification requirements, 3) allowing probationary certifications, and 4) instating flexible reciprocity policies.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Comprehensive Center Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Resources for Determining Special Education Eligibility of English Learners
This webpage provides three resources to support administrators and educators in providing quality education to multilingual learners who may be eligible for special education services. The resources include a brief on determining special education eligibility, a summary of multi-tiered systems of support practices to use with multilingual learners, and a presentation of implementation data gathered from four school districts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
A New Approach to Supporting the Quality of Early Care and Education Programs in Arkansas: Case Studies of Array
This report presents policy makers with a case study on Array, an initiative designed to identify and assist early childhood education programs with training and support in implementing social-emotional practices. The report describes three Array professional development beneficiary programs, the overarching qualities of Array implementation, the perceived benefits, and recommendations for ongoing refinement and expansion.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: SRI Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
A Move Towards Multilingual: Why This Term Is Better Than Others (For Now)
This web article provides educators, administrators, and policy makers with an overview of the universal terms currently used to classify groups of students who speak a language other than English and makes a case for favoring assets-based, person-centered terms wherever possible.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: SRI Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Money Smart for Young People
This webpage provides educators and caregivers with four free, age-differentiated curricula designed for teaching PreK-12 students the foundations of financial literacy. Each curriculum includes educator guides, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, real-life exercises, and standards alignment charts, as well as suggestions for modifications, cross-curricular integrations, and supplemental learning materials. This resource is available in English and Spanish languages.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Find Financial Literacy Activities
This website provides educators, parents, and guardians with financial literacy activities that they can use to teach and nurture financial capability in young people. Topics explored include increasing earnings, paying taxes, investing, saving for college, saving for long-term goals, banking options, building emergency savings, and more. There are ten activities available in Spanish; to find them, type "Spanish" into the search bar on the page.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Binary Code at Home Activities
This website, hosted by NASA, introduces students to binary code by providing information and interactive activities.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Conversations About Masculinity: How Mentors Can Support Young Men of Color
This guide supports mentors, practitioners, and peers in leading conversations with young people of all genders about masculinity, gender identity, and vulnerability. It provides research, activities, a glossary, and resources to help young people (particularly high-school-aged youth) develop resilience and a sense of purpose.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: MENTOR
Estimated Engagement Time: 54 minutes
Engaging Nonprofits on Collaborating Through College Partnership Webinar
This webinar for nonprofit leaders describes how nonprofit organizations can collaborate with colleges and universities to increase the number of college students serving in National Partnership for Student Success roles through partnership programs such as Federal Work Study.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
Collaborating to Accelerate Progress Towards Digital Equity Webinar
This webinar, hosted by the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) Hub Digital Equity Working Group, convenes multi-sector leaders to discuss how the NPSS can extend digital equity efforts underway nationally, thereby contributing to success for all students.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 55 minutes
Building Educator Pipelines Through Service
This fact sheet outlines how the National Partnership for Student Success is strengthening educator pipelines and shares examples of how other organizations across the United States are developing partnerships to strengthen and diversify the educator workforce.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
District Partnership Toolkit
This resource for district leaders offers guidance for developing partnerships to increase the number of tutors, mentors, coaches, student support coordinators, and postsecondary transition coaches in schools supporting students. The toolkit also shares information on how districts can leverage the National Partnership for Student Success to assist in these efforts.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Key Steps in Creating a State Partnership for Student Success
This resource shares five detailed steps, each with actionable strategies, for creating a statewide partnership to help students recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
The Nation at Work: Increasing People-Powered and Evidence-Based Student Supports
This resource for K-12 and higher education administrators, educators, and staff shares implementation stories detailing how highlighted states are providing critical student support services such as tutoring, mentoring, and coaching.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Addressing Lost Instructional Time: Accelerating Learning and Thriving
This resource describes the need for schools to prioritize learning acceleration to combat lost learning time and describes the role that the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) can play in these efforts. The resource outlines the five key NPSS roles that employees and volunteers can fill that have been shown by research to support students' academic recovery and well-being.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Using School Climate Index Data to Improve Social-Emotional Learning, Student Engagement and Support, and School Safety
This fact sheet presents a school climate index developed in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, how the scores can be used to develop action plans, and how to best support schools.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Fostering Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies Can Improve Life Outcomes for Students
This fact sheet highlights the importance of social emotional competencies and provides resources for educators to use to develop them.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Fact Sheet on Strategies for Ensuring Equitable Continuity of Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This fact sheet highlights evidence-based and promising practices that local education agencies can consider when developing or updating their continuity of learning plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
At School, on Time, and Every Day: What Research Tells Us About Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
This blog article provides leaders in education at the state and local level with a summary of research, experiences, and practices for reducing chronic absenteeism as presented at a 2018 workshop hosted by The School Support and Improvement Research Alliance and the Regional Education Laboratory Mid-Atlantic.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: How to Choose and Implement Proven Strategies to Improve Attendance
This fact sheet is part of a three-part series that highlights the problem of chronic absenteeism in the early grades in New Jersey and across the nation. This fact sheet highlights research-based strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism in the early grades.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: Risk Factors and What Schools Can Do
This fact sheet is part of a three-part series that highlights the problem of chronic absenteeism in the early grades in New Jersey and across the nation. This fact sheet looks at reasons for and patterns of chronic absenteeism, including strategies educators can use to assess patterns in their schools and districts.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: A Snapshot of New Jersey
This fact sheet is part of a three-part series that highlights the problem of chronic absenteeism in the early grades in New Jersey and across the nation.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Go-Learn-Grow Toolkit: Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey’s Youngest Learners
Chronic absenteeism is particularly high in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, compared with elementary and middle school; for a young child to succeed and develop a strong foundation for learning, he or she must attend school regularly. This toolkit was created to support districts, schools, and early childhood providers in improving school attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten as part of the statewide initiative, “Go-Learn-Grow: Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey’s Youngest Learners.”
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 31 minutes
Resources to Help Improve Attendance in the Early Grades
This webinar for school districts, schools, and early childhood providers explores New Jersey’s “Go-Learn-Grow” initiative and highlights a toolkit with resources for improving school attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. The webinar encourages school and school district leaders to 1) share available resources, 2) collect and use absenteeism data, 3) implement evidence-based best practices, and 4) actively assess their absenteeism interventions for effectiveness.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 48 minutes
Supporting School Transitions for Young Learners
This fact sheet highlights promising practices and research-informed strategies that districts and schools can use to successfully and equitably transition young learners to the next school year.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Engaging New Jersey Families in Learning and Development During Prekindergarten and Kindergarten
This fact sheet provides New Jersey school districts, schools, and educators with research-informed strategies and practices to build relationships, communicate effectively with families, engage them in their children’s learning, and successfully transition young learners to the next school year.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Ask an Expert: Elements of Effective Teaching
For this “Ask an Expert,” leaders from a state education agency wanted to better understand the research behind elements of effective teaching. This resource may inform school districts as they make decisions about teaching practices and teacher evaluation tools.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education: Learning Design - World Languages
This webpage provides educators and administrators with an overview of Hawai’i State Department of Education’s priorities, principles, and standards regarding world languages instruction, as well as implementation resources, a summary of Communicative Language Teaching principles, standards-based world language instructional resources, and world languages education data.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Hawai’i State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Evidence-Based Facilitator Guides: Improving Intermediate Academic Content and Literacy for English Learners
This series of facilitator guides and presentations provide educators with four evidence-based recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse for improving academic content and literacy for multilingual learners in grades 4-8. Focus areas include vocabulary intensives, oral and written English instruction integration in content-area teaching, structured opportunities for developing written language skills, and small-group interventions.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design, and Use Divides: 2024 National Educational Technology Plan
This policy document articulates a vision of equity and calls on all involved in education to ensure every student engages in transformational learning opportunities enabled by technology. The resource and the companion interactive map provide examples of schools, districts, classrooms, and states establishing systemic solutions to bridge the three divides–the digital use divide, the digital design divide and the digital access divide–that stand as the barriers to the equitable and effective use of technology.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 46 minutes
Improving Rural Teacher Retention: Developing Localized Strategies to Address Teacher Working Conditions
In August 2023, the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest hosted a webinar to engage rural school leaders and staff in identifying strategies to improve working conditions and teacher retention. Based on previous work from REL Northwest’s partnership with Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) in Alaska, this webinar shared valuable lessons learned from research and work with LKSD on monitoring and improving working conditions in the district.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 42 minutes
Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Adolescent Literacy Training Toolkit
This toolkit for training educators to improve adolescent literacy was developed around four topic recommendations: explicit vocabulary instruction, direct and explicit comprehension instruction, extended discussion of text meaning and interpretation, and motivation and engagement in literacy learning. A practice guide directs work in each of the four modules and tool sets.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How Has Artificial Intelligence Been Used in Education?
This resource offers a review of research on how artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in education and four considerations for leveraging AI to support education. As the use of AI in education evolves, educators are seeking to understand how to use it efficiently and ethically. Although this information is relevant to educators across the country, this information was originally requested and used by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Research-Based Resources to Support Early Literacy
These two products offer readily accessible resources for caregivers, practitioners, and policy makers to use to support early literacy. The resources to support children ages 0–3 are organized into two parts: 1) effective and promising programs and 2) research-based practices.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Early and Often: Showing up in Preschool Matters
This toolkit presents strategies that recognize that getting children to school every day on time is contingent on engaging families and helping them understand the importance of regular attendance and how missing too many days impacts their child’s success. The toolkit shares a three-tiered system of intervention that can make addressing chronic absence more manageable and nurture a culture of attendance.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
High-Dosage Tutoring: A Proven Strategy to Accelerate Student Learning Guide for Local Education Agencies
This guide provides local education agencies with details on features and practical considerations for establishing and managing an effective high-dosage tutoring program.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: District of Columbia, Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Louisiana’s New Teacher Experience: Supporting Early Career Teachers
Without adequate induction supports and opportunities to build strong relationships with students, peers, and school leaders, new teachers can end up leaving the profession. This Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest video introduces Louisiana’s New Teacher Experience, an early-career teacher induction program. The video includes interviews with new teachers, professional learning coaches, and Louisiana Department of Education staff.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Raise the Bar: Pathways to Multilingualism
This webpage provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Education’s first goal within the Raise the Bar initiative’s focus on creating pathways for global engagement: to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism and so opening doors for students to more job opportunities in today’s global society.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Raise the Bar: Boldly Improve Learning Conditions: Eliminate Educator Shortages at Every School
This webpage provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Education’s first goal within the Raise the Bar initiative’s focus on boldly improving learning conditions: to eliminate the educator shortage for every school by ensuring that schools are appropriately staffed, paying educators competitively, and strengthening pathways into the profession.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success
This webpage provides an overview of Unlocking Career Success, a U.S. Department of Education initiative with the goal of ensuring every student has a path to postsecondary education and training. This can be achieved through a system of college and career pathways that integrate high schools, colleges, employers, and communities and lead to students earning industry-recognized credentials and securing in-demand jobs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Raise the Bar: Boldly Improve Learning Conditions: Mental Health and Wellbeing
This webpage provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Education’s second goal within the Raise the Bar initiative’s focus on boldly improving learning conditions: to invest in every student's mental health and well-being by increasing school-based health services for students and building schools that support students' overall well-being.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Raise the Bar: Achieve Academic Excellence: Comprehensive and Rigorous Education
This webpage provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Education’s second goal within the Raise the Bar initiative’s focus on achieving academic excellence: to ensure all students have access to a comprehensive and rigorous education with high-quality instruction that prepares them to be active, engaged, and lifelong learners.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Designing a Professional Learning Community Around Math Instruction
This video shares an overview of how the Regional Educational Laboratory West supported the Lyon County School District (located in Nevada) with designing and implementing a professional learning community around math instruction.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Theory of Change for Coordination and Individualization of Family Support Services in Head Start Programs
This brief presents a theory of change for Head Start's comprehensive family support services. By coordinating both child and family support services, Head Start helps promote low-income families' safety, health, well-being, and economic security.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Family and Community Engagement Infographics
These infographics depict evidence-based practices for collaborative and culturally sustaining family, school, and community engagement. The topics covered by the infographics include two-way communication, creating a sense of belonging, improving relationships, connecting families with resources, and homework/studying support.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Vermont Literacy Playbook: An Implementation Guide for System Leaders to Improve Literacy Learning
This guide contains information, resources, and implementation tools to improve student literacy learning. The playbook bridges the gap between policy and practice to support school district leaders in meeting Vermont's student literacy goals; the information can also be used by other states to create and assess plans of action to improve students’ literacy development.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Vermont Agency of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 35 minutes
Building a Better Data System for Teacher Supply, Demand, and Preparation: A Strategy for Addressing West Virginia's Teacher Shortage
This brief provides state education agencies with an overview of research literature on the types of data that states collect regarding their teacher workforce. The brief suggests that by studying these best practices, states can enhance their educator support systems, thereby improving teacher retention and effectiveness.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 38 minutes
Seven Questions to Consider About Teacher Apprenticeship Programs
This infographic outlines the goals and common features of teacher apprenticeship programs and includes guiding questions that state and local education agencies can reflect upon when considering implementing a teacher apprenticeship program.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
A Toolkit for School Systems to Advance Comprehensive School Employee Wellness
This virtual toolkit shares research-based information and practical tools to help state and local education agencies develop and implement action plans to improve the well-being of all school employees.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Child Trends
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards Innovation Configuration
The South Dakota Department of Education identified a need to support K-12 teachers with easily accessible, high-quality lessons aligned to the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards and culturally appropriate resources.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The South Dakota Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Talent Development Framework: Improving Access to Excellent Educators for All Students
This resource offers a roadmap for state- and district-level policy makers to systemically address and improve educator quality.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center on Great Teachers and Leaders
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Hawaiʻi World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages
The Hawai’i State Board of Education approved the adoption of the Hawai’i World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, which was created based on input, recommendations, and feedback by Hawai’i world languages educators, stakeholders, and community members.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Hawai’i State Department of Education, Office of Curriculum and Instructional Design
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
Building Engineers in K-5 Classrooms
This website houses a resource bank of standards-aligned engineering resources and materials to allow educators to easily find and access planning resources as well as content-aligned engineering design lessons.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction; Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Introducing Circles of Reflection: A Toolkit for SEAs
This resource was developed to engage state education agencies, Tribal education departments, and local education agencies in rich, reflective discussions and strategic planning to provide high-quality, motivating educational experiences that improve Native students’ educational attainment. This toolkit provides detailed information and instructions for using Circles of Reflection efficiently and effectively while also being highly adaptable to meet the needs of local contexts.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Native Education Collaborative and the National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Strategic Planning for Continued Recovery (SPCR) SEA Sustainability Planning Template
This tool for state education agencies shares six key strategies for sustaining investments made with Federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds, and guides state teams through a process of reflecting on current investments and monitoring progress on the path to sustainability.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 39 minutes
Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services
This resource supports parents, service providers, special and general educators, school and district administrators, technology specialists, and other related personnel at the state- and local-level in understanding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA) assistive technology requirements. The resource dispels common misconceptions regarding assistive technology and provides examples of assistive technology use with children with disabilities to highlight IDEA's Part C and Part B requirements.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 34 minutes
Digital Health, Safety, and Citizenship
This webpage provides resources to assist school districts, parents, and caregivers, and families in protecting their children's online privacy, health, and safety.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Cyber Safety for K-12 Schools and School Districts
This webpage provides school emergency planning teams with insights into online threats facing school communities along with preparedness tips and suggestions for creating a Cyber Annex in the school emergency operations plan. The webpage also provides links to key cyber safety resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Competency-Based Education (CBE) and Learner-Centered Practices in Minnesota Public Schools: A Landscape Study
This report summarizes the results of a survey of Minnesota educators’ experiences with competency-based education (CBE) practices. The report offers insight into implementation barriers, benefits, and equity considerations; the results suggest that CBE offers possibilities for better academic and non-academic outcomes for students, including content mastery and student well-being and confidence.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 10 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 24 minutes
Resources for Addressing Religious Discrimination
This webpage shares resources for education stakeholders to aid in efforts to strengthen school safety and inclusive learning environments by preventing and addressing religious discrimination.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Discussion Guide: Equity as an Essential Component for Better Attendance
This guide answers the question, "How can attendance policies and practices improve equity for students of color, students with disabilities, or other student groups that have been historically marginalized?" School and district teams can use the guide to implement changes to help schools align with equity considerations for student groups that chronic absenteeism may disproportionately affect.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Children and students with disabilities; Students from low-income backgrounds; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Planning Tool for Youth Engagement
This tool supports state and local education agencies, as well as individual educators, in implementing authentic youth engagement practices. The tool provides information, practices, and suggestions to help teams create actionable plans for continuous improvement in youth engagement, which research suggests improves school engagement and attendance outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Planning Tool for Family Engagement
This tool supports state and local education agencies, as well as individual educators, in implementing authentic family engagement practices. The tool provides information, practices, and suggestions to help teams create actionable plans for continuous improvement in family engagement, which research suggests improves school engagement and attendance outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Raise the Bar: Supporting Pathways to Multilingualism Beginning With Early Learning - Part 1 (Podcast)
This podcast episode explores the importance of early language development and the research-based benefits of multilingualism. The podcast features presenters Montserrat Garibay, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), and Melissa Castillo, Senior Advisor at OELA.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
Educational Coherence: Curriculum Alignment in Action
This short video helps educators and school administrators comprehend the difference that educational coherence can make in an elementary student's school day. The video explores curriculum alignment issues and provides suggested strategies and practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Key Resources for Schools & Districts to Increase Capacity in Student Support Roles
This fact sheet outlines opportunities and resources from the National Partnership for Student Success for schools and districts looking to increase capacity in student support roles to accelerate learning, reduce chronic absenteeism, and improve student well-being and mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Improving Student Achievement Agenda in 2024
This webpage outlines the Biden-Harris Administration's 2024 strategy for boosting student academic performance. The agenda emphasizes that schools across the country adopt the following evidence-based strategies: increasing student attendance, providing high-dosage tutoring, and increasing summer learning and extended or afterschool learning time opportunities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Grant Extends Learning Time for Over 11,000 Students in Ohio
The Ohio state education agency collaborated with 115 districts and schools to extend learning into the summer, allowing students to solve STEM problems, explore their communities, and receive college and career counseling.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Louisiana Sees Its Most Significant Academic Results Since 2016
Louisiana saw a 3 percent increase in math and English language arts and a 2 percent increase in science. Students have recovered about half of their learning loss and are poised to accelerate forward.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Alabama Students and Teachers Are Excited to be Back in the Classroom
Test results show students are recovering academically after the pandemic and are on the right path, moving forward.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Rekindling Curiosity Program Makes Camp Affordable to Every Student in New Hampshire
Every student in New Hampshire can run, play, and have fun at camp during the summer thanks to the Rekindling Curiosity Program.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Grant Allows Colorado School Leadership Team to Develop K-3 Standards-Aligned Math Curriculum
After a dramatic drop in the first assessment results for math and English language arts post-pandemic, COVID-relief dollars became grants for schools and districts focusing on curriculum.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Flexibility with Relief Funds Allows Washington Districts to Succeed
Thanks to financial flexibility, districts have been able to address unique needs like food insecurity and Wi-Fi hotspots, which has led to higher attendance rates and learning recovery.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Recovery Money Allows North Dakota to Train, Tutor, and Advance
North Dakota is using the recovery money to train school board members, hire math specialists, and offer more advanced placement classes to high school students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
North Carolina Leads the Nation in K-3 Literacy
The end of the year reading diagnostic data revealed North Carolina K-3 students were outpacing the rest of the nation thanks to efforts made with COVID relief funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 30 seconds
Oregon Addresses Broad Spectrum of Needs, Including Well-Being Services
Oregon’s state education agency directed funds to three key needs: physical and mental health services, transitions for incoming kindergarteners, and post-pandemic revitalization in Tribal nations.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Grow Your Own Recruitment Programs Quadruple in Missouri Districts
Local teacher recruitment efforts have been a focus in Missouri for more than 5 years. COVID relief funds brought the model to hundreds more districts across the state.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
New Summer Programs in West Virginia Deliver Academic and Social-Emotional Results
Local education agencies in West Virginia spent Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund II dollars on summer learning and enrichment. In 2021, 30,000 students were served, and the majority maintained or gained proficiency in English language arts and math.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Hawaii's Students Achieve Academic Gains Across Core Subjects
Hawaii’s state education superintendent sees the benefits of the state’s return to in-person learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: Council of Chief State School Officers
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Full S.T.E.M. Ahead! Developing the Organizational Capacity of North Carolina Districts to Plan and Implement High-Quality STEM Education at the Elementary Level
Educators in 16 North Carolina school districts are implementing high-quality STEM education programs to K-5 students thanks to a partnership between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Region 6 Comprehensive Center. The project is focused on creating capacity at both the state and district levels to ensure their initial success can be scaled and sustained.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
U.S. Virgin Island Microsite Curates Thousands of Instructional Materials With Culture in Mind
To improve student engagement and learning, the Virgin Islands Department of Education partnered with the Region 3 Comprehensive Center to create #GoOpenUSVI. Through the microsite, students and teachers now have access to thousands of high-quality open license materials that reflect students' culture as well as provide flexibility, customization, and innovation for teachers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 3 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Academy Lifts and Transforms Leadership Skills in Puerto Rico
Working together, the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) and the Region 3 Comprehensive Center created a leadership academy entitled, the Professional Development Academy for Management, Leadership, and Professionalism (EDUGESPRO, in Spanish). Since then, EDUGESPRO has impacted more than 500 school and regional leaders in Puerto Rico and has become PRDE's signature Leadership Academy program.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 3 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Moving from Silos to Systems: Minnesota's Experience Developing and Implementing a Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework
Recognizing the need for one unifying school improvement framework, the Minnesota Department of Education partnered with the Region 10 Comprehensive Center and developed a clear and coordinated approach for the state and district levels to use. The result was better coordination across the Minnesota Department of Education to support school improvement, the development of a multi-tiered support system framework tailored specifically for the state, and implementation support at both the state and district levels.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 10 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Circles of Reflection: Supporting Early Learning for Wisconsin’s Native Communities
Wisconsin’s Circles of Reflection (CoR) aimed to address early learning challenges and opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. Developed by National Comprehensive Center’s Native Education Collaborative, CoR engages state education agencies, Tribal agencies, and local education agencies in cycles of issue discovery, stakeholder engagement, and implementation planning to provide high-quality, motivating educational experiences that improve Native students’ academic attainment.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 10 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Empowering Coordinators in Illinois to Improve Schools
The Illinois State Board of Education strengthened resources and support provided to schools identified as in need of improvement through a partnership with the Region 9 Comprehensive Center. The collaboration has produced key resources, collaboration, and professionalism for school improvement coordinators and increased access to resources for schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Getting to the Root of Illinois Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition
To identify where and how to target efforts to strengthen and diversify the teacher workforce in Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Education enlisted help from the Region 9 Comprehensive Center to use data visualization strategies to identify loss points in the state’s teacher pipeline and create effective initiatives to support and diversify the teacher pipeline.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Building an Innovative Grow Your Own Program One District at a Time: The Indiana Educator Preparation Partnership
With 96 percent of districts reporting a shortage of educators, the Indiana Department of Education established a Grow Your Own program by recruiting high school students interested in the profession. A pilot helped state leaders identify and overcome challenges, paving the way for statewide expansion. The state looked to the Region 8 Comprehensive Center to coach department staff on effective recruitment and retention strategies and deliver mentor training to 60 teachers working with participants.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Developing a Teacher and Principal Evaluation System for Improved Student Learning
The Republic of Marshall Islands Public School System’s (RMI) Educator Effectiveness System includes improved processes for licensing procedures, standards, and evaluation processes designed to grow and support effective educators. The new system, created through support by the Region 19 Comprehensive Center and the RMI, has been touted by RMI leaders and educators as an adaptable evaluation system focused on results and evaluation tools better suited to the daily work of teachers and school leaders.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Capacity Building for Multilingualism
The World Languages Program in Hawaii is helping districts and schools improve language learning, promote biliteracy, and improve outcomes for all students. With the support of the Region 19 Comprehensive Center, the World Languages Program has supported the implementation of the Hawaii Department of Education’s revised multilingualism policy by aligning its new language standards to national ones, developing a resource guide and professional development plan, hosting a summit to introduce statewide educators to the new multilingualism framework, and building a coalition with other state programs to generate support for the initiative.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 19 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Strengthening Instructional Systems and School Culture for All Learners in Palau
Districts and schools in Palau are seeing positive changes in teaching and learning from implementing the "Circles of Success" model, created in partnership with the Palau Ministry of Education and the Region 18 Comprehensive Center. The model focuses on student-centered instruction, data-driven teaching and decision making, and improving organizational structures and practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Expanding Social and Emotional Learning Opportunities for Guam’s Early Learners
The Region 18 Comprehensive Center (R18CC) partnered with the Guam Department of Education to institute a pre-kindergarten program focused on social-emotional learning. So far, the technical assistance being provided by R18CC has benefited students, teachers, the community, and curriculum.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Redesigning the Educator Workforce in Montana
Across Montana, students are experiencing a shortage of highly qualified, effective teachers. To address this complex issue, Montana’s Office of Public Instruction partnered with the Region 17 Comprehensive Center to explore a teacher residency project that would redesign how people are prepared to join the educator workforce. The program is designed to help prospective teachers earn their degrees, develop instructional skills, and create lasting connections in communities across the state.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Building a Statewide Network of Literacy Leaders: The Idaho Reading Coach Academy
To improve K-3 literacy, the Idaho State Department of Education worked with the Region 17 Comprehensive Center to develop the Idaho Reading Coach Academy. The Reading Coach Academy is designed to advance teacher knowledge and implementation of the science for teaching reading through consistently trained coaches.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Building Capacity in Washington Tribal Education Programs
To better serve American Indian and Alaska Native students in Washington state, the superintendent and leaders in the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction partnered with Region 16 Comprehensive Center and the National Comprehensive Center to participate in a collaborative process with state education agencies, Tribal education leaders, and school administrators. The “Circles of Reflection” process helped the participants raise awareness, reflect, and create a plan forward to improve services to these students and their families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 16 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Improving Equitable Access to Evidence-Based Reading Strategies in Alaska
To meet their goal of all students being able to read at grade level by the end of third grade, the Alaska State Board of Education needed to create equitable access to strong professional development in early literacy across the state. Through the support of the Region 16 Comprehensive Center, the state’s Department of Education & Early Development office was able to better equip literacy educators, even in remote communities, through improved systems, approaches, and resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 16 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Supporting an Inclusive and Effective Process for Revising California’s Teaching Standards
The California Department of Education was able to successfully embark on the complicated process of updating their California Standards for the teaching profession through the support of the Region 15 Comprehensive Center. The complex process yielded updated standards that reflect the most current research, center equity, and are designed for effective implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Bringing Rural Education Leaders Together in a High-Impact Community of Practice
Rural schools face unique and complex challenges and opportunities specific to rural context. Recognizing this, the Region 15 Comprehensive Center has designed and facilitates a Community of Practice (CoP) that is focused specifically on rural education in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The goals of the CoP are to share information, build trusting and supportive networks, and co-construct systemic solutions to address the challenges facing education in rural settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
A Collective Approach to Building Safe and Supportive Schools for All Texas Students
The need for mental health resources in Texas has outpaced what is currently available. To meet that need, the Region 14 Comprehensive Center is supporting the Texas Education Agency in building statewide school-based mental health supports to ensure students, families, schools, and districts have access to the tools and resources necessary to address mental and behavioral health needs effectively.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 14 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
A Culture of Process Improvement at the Louisiana Department of Education
The Louisiana Department of Education processes nearly 700 service contracts each year. Streamlining this procedure would greatly impact numerous facets of the agency. The Louisiana Department of Education, in partnership with the Region 14 Comprehensive Center, is implementing an innovative strategy into everyday practice to get schools and students the services they need quickly and efficiently.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 14 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Innovative Michigan Model Builds Workforce of Educators and Youth Development Staff
Faced with a shortage of educators and youth workers, Michigan has created a Grow Your Own initiative in which high school students complete credentials that lead to higher education or immediate employment. The Region 8 Comprehensive Center played a critical role in convening partners and planning the initiative in 2020 during the pandemic. Through the initiative, the Michigan Department of Education increased its capacity to support districts implementing the initiative, enhanced the pathway, and built stakeholder capability.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Ohio Leverages a Whole Child Framework to Create Dynamic Systems of Change
To address children’s comprehensive needs, the Ohio Department of Education adopted a Whole Child Framework that considers the needs and dimensions of wellness that support students in achieving healthy and positive outcomes. Partners and collaborative teams helped drive this effort, with support from the Region 8 Comprehensive Center. This framework serves as a catalyst for districts to shift their perspective and approach to help children by focusing on multiple dimensions of child well-being.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
The Alabama Coaching Framework – Ensuring a Single Approach to Coaching
The ability for teachers to receive support from a well-trained coach is not something the Alabama State Department of Education (ASDE) wanted to leave to chance. Through support from the Region 7 Comprehensive Center, ASDE created a consistent coaching framework that included a common vision and language for coaching called the “Alabama Coaching Framework.”
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Partnering for Success – How One SEA Built Capacity to Support Effective Educator Practice
A goal for the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) was for every school to have effective teachers and leaders. Through partnership with the Region 7 Comprehensive Center, MDE was able to increase trainers for the Professional Growth System from two to 12 and put systems in place to improve decision making, strategic planning, and communication for future work.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Harnessing the Power of a Pilot for Improving Early Literacy Practices Statewide
To help Georgia districts meet a legislative mandate to screen all students for reading difficulties, the Georgia Department of Education launched a pilot to understand how to support them with the guidance of the Region 6 Comprehensive Center. The 3-year pilot provided critical implementation data on seven pilot districts, bolstered the capacity of the Georgia Department of Education, and helped the agency better understand how to achieve policy coherence.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
West Virginia: Supporting Grow Your Own Pathways to Strengthen the Teacher Workforce
Like many states across the nation, West Virginia had to identify ways to increase their teacher pipeline to meet both short- and long-term staffing needs. A collaboration between the Region 5 Comprehensive Center, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and the West Virginia Department of Education has resulted in the implementation of the “Educator Preparation Taskforce.” One successful first step of that work has been the addition of teacher candidates from their high schools through their “Grow Your Own Pathway” program.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Kentucky: Using a Continuous Improvement Model to Address Virtual Learning Challenges
Districts and schools must constantly address complex challenges that require answering tough questions like, "What is the root cause of the problem?" and "How do we begin to tackle it?" The Kentucky Department of Education, through the support of the Region 5 Comprehensive Center, has adopted a collaborative and systemic continuous improvement approach that leverages the expertise of educators and experts, called the "Networked Improvement Community.”
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Strengthening School Leadership in Delaware: A Profile of Collaboration and Impact
School leadership is a critical factor in school improvement. The Delaware Department of Education is strengthening school leadership across the state through the design and implementation of the Delaware Leadership Network and the Delaware Principal Supervisor Leadership Program. These two major efforts, collaboratively designed with the help of the Region 4 Comprehensive Center, have helped the state shift their mindset from principals as managers to principals as instructional leaders.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Launching a Tiered System of Support for Leaders in Bureau of Indian Education Schools
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) identified a need to better support school leaders to better transform education in their schools. Through a partnership with the Region 13 Comprehensive Center, the BIE planned and implemented a tiered system of support for school leaders that includes ongoing differentiated professional development opportunities for all types of school leader needs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 13 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Preparing Connecticut’s State and District Leaders to Recruit and Sustain Educators of Color
Districts in Connecticut report being better prepared to effectively recruit and sustain diverse educators through the availability of new tools and resources provided by the Connecticut State Department of Education. The tools, developed through the support of the Region 2 Comprehensive Center, include a workforce diversity guidebook, a coaching series and training model, and an Educator Diversity Dashboard.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Supporting New Mexico Local Education Agencies in the Strategic Use of American Rescue Plan Funds
The unprecedented infusion of Federal relief and recovery funds were provided to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education system. The funds presented an opportunity and an urgent need for New Mexico to design and implement new measures to help school districts strategically plan, implement, track, and evaluate the use of these funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 13 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Charting Pathways Toward a Strengthened Educator Workforce in Colorado
To address an urgent need for more teachers in the state of Colorado, the Region 12 Comprehensive Center partnered with the Colorado Department of Education and the Regional Education Lab Central for the “Using Place-Based Decision Making to Strengthen the Colorado Educator Workforce Pipeline” project. The partnership resulted in the creation of an interactive map that provides a robust snapshot of local and regional workforce data and trends.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Executive Leadership Forum in Kansas & Missouri: Guiding Leaders Guiding Change
The pandemic heightened the need for leaders to learn how to adapt to change efficiently and effectively and sometimes in real time. To help local education agency leaders develop these skills, the Region 12 Comprehensive Center partnered with professional learning organizations in both Kansas and Missouri to create Executive Leadership Forums that provide a safe space for leaders to learn how to thrive during times of significant change.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Relighting the Fires for Standards Implementation in South Dakota
South Dakota’s Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards were approved by the State Board of Education 5 years ago. However, many teachers were left on their own to figure out how to incorporate these important lessons across their curricula. Beginning in 2020, the Region 11 Comprehensive Center partnered with the South Dakota Department of Education and the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations, Office of Indian Education to help address this challenge.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 11 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Strengthening Organizational Coherence Within the Rhode Island Department of Education
By establishing and enhancing systems and structures of communication and creating norms for sharing project work across offices, the Rhode Island Department of Education, with support from the Region 2 Comprehensive Center, is priming project teams to successfully implement critical agencywide initiatives that will serve students and their families far into the future.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Sparking Innovation in Maine’s Classrooms
Districts in Maine had the opportunity to meet their ongoing educational challenges creatively through the Rethinking Responsive Education Ventures grant but needed help to do it strategically. With the support of the Region 1 Comprehensive Center, the Maine Department of Education has established the necessary infrastructure to implement the grant, developed resources to support districts in successfully applying for grant funds, and designed and facilitated professional development support for innovation coaches charged with supporting district implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 1 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
National Center Communities of Practice Foster Connections and Build Capacity in State Education Agencies
In 2022, the National Comprehensive Center brought together state education agency teams to function as “communities of practice” to focus on critical educational issues related to equity, out-of-school time programming, and use of American Rescue Plan funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Improving School Attendance in a Rural North Dakota Community
When a North Dakota district leader said, “We’re never going to make academic improvements unless the kids are here to learn,” the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and the North Dakota Regional Education Association sprang into action. Through support from the Region 11 Comprehensive Center, the district learned how to use improvement science to gain better insight into their core attendance problems resulting in positive changes in attendance as well as improved processes and structures related to attendance tracking and follow up.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 11 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Circles of Reflection Fosters Collaboration for the Benefit of Native Students
Circles of Reflection, developed by the National Comprehensive Center in 2019, represents a new approach aimed at supporting collaboration between state education agencies, local education agencies, and Tribal education departments to lift Native voices and address Native students’ needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Recess Lab: Transform Your Recess
This webpage shares best practices for schools to improve the quality of recess for students, including resources on positive climates, conflict resolution, ideas for games, and sample recess guidelines.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Playworks
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Promoting Safe and Inclusive Environments for Students of All Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Identities: K-12
This webpage offers resources for K-12 schools and school districts on promoting religious inclusion in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Applying an Evidence-Based Improvement Framework When Selecting Attendance Interventions
This infographic describes how school districts can reduce chronic absenteeism by selecting attendance interventions through an evidence-based improvement framework and provides an example scenario of the application of this framework.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Diversifying the Teacher Workforce: Promising Strategies from the Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers
This infographic offers an overview of promising practices from the U.S. Department of Education’s Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers for diversifying the teacher workforce, with implementation considerations accompanying each strategy.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders
This comprehensive guide for school and school district leaders is based on a literature review and provides evidence-based strategies to promote and support students’ mental health and well-being. Each strategy includes implementation tips and equity considerations, and the guide concludes with additional examples of promising practices currently building an evidence base.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Blending Evidence-Based Literacy Practices with Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practices
This video describes how educators can implement culturally responsive practices to teach literacy skills, including by affirming and building on students’ home languages.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Quick Guide for Teachers: Selecting and Using Culturally Appropriate Children's Books in Languages Other Than English
This guide supports educators in selecting, evaluating, and using books in the home languages of young dual language learners to support language and literacy development.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Fresno Unified School District: Early Learning
This resource highlights how a California school district provides child-centered environments and high-quality educational programs and resources that value and respect the languages, cultures, and needs of all students, families, staff, and communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Fresno Unified School District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
2023 SchoolSafety.gov Resource Package
This series of fact sheets for schools and school districts provides information, recommendations, and resources on a range of topics related to school safety, including bullying, cybersecurity, child exploitation, mental health, targeted violence and threat assessment, and emergency planning.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Schoolsafety.gov
Estimated Engagement Time: 36 minutes
Call Me MISTER® Initiative
The Call Me MISTER® (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) program aims to increase the pool of teachers to include teachers with broader and more diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this research and evaluation program is to evaluate the progression and influence of preservice and in-service Call Me MISTER® teachers, as well as to study the professional development of underrepresented male teachers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Clemson University
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
University of Colorado Denver's Pathways2Teaching Certificate Program
This Pathways2Teaching program aims to cultivate a cohort of educators who are responsive to community needs, nurturing high school juniors and seniors on their journey to become teachers. This initiative seeks to fulfill the increasing need for teachers in both urban and rural areas while actively tackling the issue of underrepresentation in the teaching profession.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: University of Colorado Denver
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Tennessee's Grow Your Own Teacher Residency Program
This Grow Your Own teacher residency program, a joint initiative between Austin Peay State University and the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, was the first registered apprenticeship program for teaching in the United States. The program provides high school graduates, classified employees, and community members an accelerated, free path to become full-time teachers. This model plays a crucial role in alleviating teacher shortages and fostering the development of a robust talent pipeline.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Austin Peay State University; Clarksville-Montgomery County School System
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Delaware’s Teacher Academy Career Pathway
The Teacher Academy Career Pathway, developed by the Delaware Department of Education, is a career and technical education program of study that aims to build the educator pipeline. The program consists of courses at partnering high schools that present students with the opportunity to earn nine college credits in an education major, sit for their paraprofessional and Praxis exams, and participate in a practicum experience.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Delaware Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Grow Your Own Illinois
Grow Your Own Illinois (GYO-IL) is an initiative that supports and encourages individuals who are ready to share their knowledge as teachers and mentors in their home neighborhoods. GYO-IL offers tools to candidates across the state, including financial and academic assistance, social-emotional support, and culturally sustaining instructional strategies.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Grow Your Own Illinois
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Addressing the Bilingual Teacher Shortage
This brief, designed for state and district leaders interested in addressing bilingual teacher shortages, constitutes the second installment in a four-part series that explores bilingual education, bilingual educators, and effective strategies to mitigate the shortage of bilingual teachers across the United States.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Supporting LGBTQI+ Students Experiencing Homelessness: Spotlight on ARP-HCY Funding for Implementation
This brief explains the importance of wraparound support services for LGBTQI+ students experiencing homelessness, shares recommendations, and spotlights the efforts of one New Jersey school district to leverage American Rescue Plan Act-Homeless Children and Youth funding to provide these supports.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories
Organization: National Center for Homeless Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Early Literacy Development and Instruction for Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Education
The purpose of this paper is to inform early childhood practitioners, educational leaders, curriculum developers, and policymakers about literacy development and effective literacy instruction for young, developing bilingual children who are learning English as a new language.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Committee for Effective Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education
This report shares strategies that institutions can adopt to promote greater access to educational opportunities for underserved students. In some areas, selective institutions could glean insights from leading under-resourced institutions, such as community colleges, regional colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions. Additionally, there are examples of more selective and well-resourced institutions that have undertaken promising efforts to increase diversity on their campuses.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours
Building a Well-Qualified Transitional Kindergarten Workforce in California: Needs and Opportunities
This brief provides estimates of how many Transitional Kindergarten teachers California will need; describes the potential supply pools that could meet this demand; outlines pathways into the profession; and offers recommendations to help stabilize, support, and expand the entire early childhood workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Learning Policy Institute
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
The Importance of Teaching and Learning Conditions
This brief draws on a study of teacher working conditions and their relationship to teacher retention and school performance in North Carolina.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Learning Policy Institute
Estimated Engagement Time: 31 minutes
Creativity From Necessity: A Practical Toolkit for Leaders to Address Teacher Shortages
This curated set of tools is intended to support school leaders who have the autonomy to manage the talent life cycle in their school community and are looking for practical ideas to strengthen their ability to recruit, hire, and retain exceptional educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Bellwether
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Supporting Multilingual Learners
This informative brief for educators denotes how states are using Federal funding to build capacity, create infrastructure, provide direct services, and pilot work that is new for them.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Build Initiative
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Alaska Teacher Retention and Recruitment Playbook
School leaders can explore Alaska's Playbook to identify practical, professional, and policy recommendations to address Alaska's persistent issues with retention and recruitment.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Scaling the Teacher Pipeline and Career Pathways Through Registered Apprenticeship Webinar
This webinar spotlights the role of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) in addressing teacher shortages and building the teacher pipeline. Presenters describe the key principles and benefits of high-quality RAPs and the steps that state leaders can take to develop a RAP for educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Purposefully Investing in the Tribal Home Visiting Workforce
This resource spotlights innovative practices that grantees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Tribal Home Visiting Program have implemented to intentionally support and invest in their staff. The resource shares best practices in recruitment, retainment, professional learning, and incorporating tribal traditions and practices into workforce supports.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Tribal Home Visiting Program
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
Montana Teacher Residency Demonstration Project
This website describes an innovative initiative implemented by the Montana Office of Public Instruction to address statewide teacher shortages. This teacher residency program offers students in postsecondary education pathways 1 year of classroom experience under the guidance of a teacher-leader, as well as compensation, housing support, and ongoing professional learning opportunities.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; State or Local Resources
Organization: Montana Office of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Mensajes: vacunación de otoño e invierno de 2023
This Spanish-language website offers information and resources for raising awareness about respiratory illnesses and vaccines, including tips on communicating about respiratory viruses.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Public Health Communications Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Respiratory Virus Prevention Communications Toolkit
This website outlines strategies for preventing and protecting against respiratory viruses. It also provides links to communications resources to raise awareness about respiratory virus precautions, including videos, fact sheets, and social media resources in English and Spanish languages.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: California Department of Public Health
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
COVID-19
This website provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on COVID-19 and COVID-19-related topics. It includes current data, risk factors, prevention and protection strategies, treatment, vaccines, and information on Long COVID.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)
This website provides comprehensive information on RSV transmission, prevention, symptoms, and care. It includes links to fact sheets, healthcare resources, and information for at-risk groups.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Influenza (Flu)
This website shares comprehensive, up-to-date information on influenza (flu). It provides current and past flu season statistics, reports on flu vaccination coverage, information on groups who are at higher risk of flu, and links to additional health resources.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Protect Yourself From COVID-19, Flu, and RSV
This website provides weekly updates, statistics, resources, and tips for preventing and protecting against COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting Students With Dyslexia Toolkit
This toolkit provides a series of video tutorials, tools, videos, infographics, and other resources about dyslexia for parents and educators. Topics include school-based screening for dyslexia, student support services, and intensified instructional practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Raise the Bar: Resources for Parents and Families
This webpage provides a list of questions for parents, guardians, and family members to use to communicate and collaborate with schools regarding their child’s education. It also offers a list of additional educational resources for families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Raise the Bar: Lead the World Overview Booklet
This guide outlines the U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” agenda, established to transform education through evidence-based practices. The guide explores the agenda’s key focus areas (achieving academic excellence, boldly improving learning conditions, creating pathways for global engagement, and increasing college affordability and completion) through summaries and key strategies.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Integrated Student Support State Policy Toolkit, Second Edition
This toolkit for state policymakers and school leaders provides detailed information on systems of integrated student support. The toolkit outlines the core components of integrated student support models and offers policy and research contexts for understanding how and why to implement integrated wraparound services to support students' academic and nonacademic needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Boston College, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 52 minutes
National Guidelines for Integrated Student Support
These guidelines share evidence-based practices for implementing a comprehensive system of student supports that address barriers to learning, particularly for historically underserved students whose families and communities have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Boston College, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 49 minutes
Comprehensive School Mental Health and Trauma Sensitive Schools: An Integrative Summary
This report details the key principles of comprehensive school mental health and trauma-sensitive schools. The report includes research-based findings on each model, similarities and differences between the models, and details on the potential benefits of integrating both models into one system.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 10 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Equity in Education
This online dashboard provides statistics that reflect the current state of educational equity in the United States. Site users can explore equity domains and indicators that provide data on educational disparities among student populations.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Centering Equity in Data-Based Decision-Making: Considerations and Recommendations for Leadership Teams
This guide shares practical strategies to assist leadership teams in centering equity in data-based decisions for equitable health and learning. After exploring key topics and definitions, the guide provides question fields and companion dialogues to support teams in implementing new practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: 47 minutes
3 Critical Steps to Reduce Superintendent Turnover
This webpage explores the issue of superintendent turnover and provides suggestions for school districts to mitigate disruptions caused by departures and improve retention of superintendents.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Education Across America: Cities, Suburbs, Towns, and Rural Areas
This website provides data on multiple aspects of the condition of education across different geographic locales in the United States. Site users can explore indicators and data tables to obtain snapshots of various educational factors such as family characteristics, educational experiences, school resources and staffing, and educational outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Sustainable Funding of West Virginia's Residency Model
This report provides an overview of West Virginia’s Teacher Residency Model and reviews research literature and other state policies regarding sustainable funding of residency programs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 46 minutes
Improving the Pipeline: Strategies for Recruiting Teacher Residency Candidates
This brief provides an overview of challenges to teacher recruitment, shares state efforts to increase outreach and access to the teaching profession, and summarizes research literature to share effective recruitment strategies, including those that aim to diversify the educator workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 26 minutes
English Learner Family Toolkit
This toolkit provides families of English learners with information, tips, and resources that help answer common questions about U.S. public schools. The toolkit is designed to help families of English learners navigate the U.S. public school system and support their child in obtaining a high-quality education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Chronic Absenteeism and Disrupted Learning Require an All-Hands-on-Deck Approach
This webpage shares data and research on chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools, including the impacts of chronic absenteeism after the COVID-19 pandemic. The webpage shares examples of effective attendance interventions and explains how an “all-hands-on-deck” approach is needed to improve student attendance and engagement in the context of COVID-19 pandemic recovery.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Newcomer Toolkit
This toolkit provides resources, professional learning activities, research-based strategies, and guidance that supports state, local, and school leaders in effectively serving immigrant and refugee students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 43 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter to Chief State School Officers – Maximizing ARP Funding for Homeless Children and Youth
This Dear Colleague Letter provides information on allowable activities under section 723(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and shares strategies for investing dedicated funding of the American Rescue Plan to activities that improve attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism for children and youth experiencing homelessness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter to Chief State School Officers – Newcomers
This Dear Colleague Letter shares background information on Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), the legal framework, which protects the equal right to public elementary and secondary education regardless of citizenship status. The letter also shares Federal resources and describes relevant Federal programs, policies, and funding opportunities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Resources for Caregiving Veteran Families Toolkit
This toolkit offers resources and strategies to assist educators in supporting military-connected students who provide caregiving to a Veteran parent. The toolkit offers resources for educators, parents, and family members that focus on the academic, nonacademic, and mental health needs of children living in military households, particularly Veteran caregiving households.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Military connected students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Race and School Programming
This Dear Colleague Letter clarifies guidance and offers examples to support schools and school districts in understanding and complying with legal obligations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 37 minutes
The Nation at Work: Increasing People-Powered and Evidence-Based Student Supports
This resource for K-12 and higher education administrators, educators, and staff shares implementation stories detailing how highlighted states are providing student support services such as tutoring, mentoring, and coaching.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Summer Programming – A "Braided" Approach to Expand Summer Learning Opportunities
This presentation from the 2023 National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Conference details how the Maine Department of Education partnered with Lewiston Public Schools to provide comprehensive summer programming for students in 2022. The presentation describes how summer academic and enrichment programming was achieved through the "braiding" of local, state, and Federal funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Maine Department of Education; Lewiston Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
How Individual Plans of Study Can Support Students’ College and Career Readiness and Success
This infographic describes the components and benefits of individual plans of study for middle and high school students’ college and career success.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
The Foundation for Education Equity Systems Change
This infographic outlines the foundational steps to improving equity in education systems and offers guiding questions, activities, and supplemental resources to support leaders and teams in their efforts to improve education equity.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Strategies and Resources to Support Effective Family Engagement
This webpage shares recordings from a six-part webinar series produced by the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with Carnegie Corporation of New York and Overdeck Family Foundation. The series explores how quality family engagement promotes student engagement, attendance, well-being, and academic success.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Overdeck Family Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Student Outcomes and Parent Teacher Home Visits
This report describes how schools conducting home visits to families can be a helpful tool to support student attendance and re-engagement. The third in a three-study national evaluation of the parent teacher home visit (PTHV) model, the report describes the PTHV approach, shares study findings, and describes the positive impacts of home visits on student outcomes.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Estimated Engagement Time: 49 minutes
Attendance Works: Advancing Student Success by Reducing Chronic Absence
This website provides resources, information, and state and local success stories on improving attendance and increasing student and family engagement. The website shares current data on chronic absenteeism; offers actionable strategies; and can support schools, school districts, and state education agencies in identifying and implementing effective attendance strategies.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
San Diego County: Improving Chronic Absence Network, Cohort 5
This fact sheet describes the principles, challenges, and impacts of the Improving Chronic Absence Network (ICAN). Developed to address high rates of chronic absence in San Diego County, ICAN is a year-long program where school district teams of three to six people gain strategic support, test, and implement targeted student attendance support strategies.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: San Diego County Office of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Promising Practices to Reduce Chronic Absence
This webpage shares the Connecticut State Department of Education’s strategic approach to supporting student attendance in schools across the state. It provides data on chronic absence in Connecticut, shares examples of innovative attendance strategies being currently implemented in the state, and offers a suite of resources to support efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Strategies to Address Chronic Absenteeism
This resource highlights actionable intervention strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism among K-12 students, including early warning systems, mentoring, case management, and other behavioral and psychosocial interventions. For each strategy, the handout explores related research, studies, and additional resources.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter on General Supervision Responsibilities
This letter provides guidance for states on ensuring that all students with disabilities have access to a free, appropriate public education. The letter provides states with accessible and actionable information for establishing general supervision responsibilities and early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Raise the Bar Policy Brief: Eliminating Educator Shortages Through Increased Compensation, High-Quality and Affordable Educator Preparation and Teacher Leadership
This brief outlines steps to recruit and retain high-quality teachers through the U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” initiative. The brief details a comprehensive plan to return to and exceed pre-pandemic teacher staffing levels through high-quality educator preparation, better working conditions, competitive salaries, and career advancement opportunities.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
ApprenticeshipUSA: Education
This webpage provides resources, webinars, and information on Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Programs, including their role in addressing educator shortages, and creating education career pathways for students.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Labor
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Discipline Discussions: Preparing Future Educators to Proactively, Positively Address Behavior
This blog post provides statistics regarding educator shortages, as well as efforts that the U.S. Department of Education has implemented to address these shortages. The blog also highlights the role of educator preparation programs in training educators to meet the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students with disabilities.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Community Schools: Fostering Innovation and Transformation
This blog post explores the community school model and provides examples of research that supports the positive impacts of the community schools model, implementation stories, and information about current funding opportunities for community schools.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions to Promote Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Colleges and Universities
This fact sheet outlines President Biden’s actions to support increasing diversity in higher education and expanding access to postsecondary opportunities. Measures taken by the Biden-Harris Administration include information dissemination, convening a national summit, increasing transparency in reporting, and fixing the student loan system.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Quick Start Guide for Districts to Improve Attendance
This guide for school district leaders offers actionable strategies for improving attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism, as well as supporting tools and resources.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy
This webpage offers materials for building a professional learning community for preschool staff on emergent literacy. Training materials are provided for both participants and facilitators and include guides, videos, presentations, and informational resources.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Instructional Practices for Teaching Emergent Literacy at the Preschool Level
This fact sheet for preschool teachers offers evidence-based instructional practices for helping children build early literacy skills, including print knowledge, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and oral language.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Stay Up to Date With COVID-19 Vaccines
This webpage provides guidance on staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines for children, teens, and adults.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Early Childhood Programs; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Learner Engagement and Attendance Program - LEAP
This webpage shares resources related to the Connecticut State Department of Education’s Learner Engagement and Attendance Program, a research-based program aimed at addressing student absenteeism and disengagement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through home visits and family engagement.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Implementation Stories; State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Evidence2Success® Tool Kit
This toolkit can be used by school leaders and includes two assessments that evaluate a school’s readiness to evaluate current programs and implement and sustain new programs to support students. After completing the assessments, school leaders can access resources and tools to support them in building their capacity to solve challenges in their schools and improve the overall well-being of the students they serve.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Educators of English Learners: Availability, Projected Need, and Teacher Preparation
This fact sheet shares data about educators who support English learners (EL educators), including diversity among EL educators, their qualifications and training, and the projected need for EL educators in upcoming years, and offers resources for further learning.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
High School Graduation Rates for English Learners
This fact sheet presents national and state-level data on the graduation rates of English learners and trends in the graduation rates of English learners over time.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Maryland's Work-Based Learning Continuum: Describing the Research and Common Practices
This resource describes Maryland’s work-based learning continuum, which extends from pre-kindergarten through the postsecondary years and provides students with opportunities to explore career options and gain necessary skills for workforce success.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 19 minutes
Academic Standards Review: A Checklist to Support State Education Agencies
This resource details a comprehensive process for revising academic standards, with a checklist to guide state education agency leaders in completing the process.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Ensuring Meaningful Participation in Advanced Coursework and Specialized Programs for Students Who Are English Learners
This fact sheet presents data on the low representation of English learners in specialized educational programs and services, offers resources for learning more about improving access to high-quality educational experiences for English learners, and includes examples of situations that could constitute discrimination against English learners under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Protecting Access to Education for Unaccompanied Children: A Resource for Families and Educators
This fact sheet outlines barriers that unaccompanied children may face when trying to access the educational services to which they are entitled and provides actions for families and school staff to take when an unaccompanied child is being denied access to school enrollment, educational programs, or necessary language services.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Protecting Access to Education for Migratory Children: A Resource for Families and Educators
This fact sheet describes challenges that migratory children may face in accessing education and offers actions for families and school staff to take in instances where migratory children are being denied the educational services to which they are entitled.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Resources to Enhance Learning and Optimize Your District's ESSER Funds: A Guide for New Jersey School and District Leaders
This Web page offers a downloadable toolkit created to support New Jersey's school and district leaders in partnering with high-quality afterschool providers to create and implement afterschool, summer, and out-of-school time programs using American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. The toolkit is aligned with the New Jersey School-Aged Child Care Coalition’s Quality Standards for Afterschool.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: New Jersey's Afterschool & Out-of-School Time Professional Network
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Pandemic Recovery
This Web page features a pandemic recovery data dashboard from the state of Connecticut. The dashboard offers insight on changes to the overall achievement scores on state assessments between 2018-19 and 2021-22 and allows users to filter between subjects, student groups, and education agency levels.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: EdSight
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Education Progress and Investment Charts
This Web page from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) features two dashboards that visualize LDOE’s goals, objectives, and key success indicators, as well as a dashboard that shares an in-depth view of Louisiana’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding allocations, investments, and related student outcomes.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; State or Local Resources
Organization: Louisiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Protect LGBTQI+ Communities
This fact sheet shares recent Federal agency actions that support and protect LGBTQIA+ communities, including LGBTQIA+ students and youth.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Take a Seat at the Table: The Role of Educator Preparation Programs in Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Programs
This fact sheet shares the history and benefits of teacher registered apprenticeship programs (RAPs) and offers recommendations for educator preparation programs to consider when developing, implementing, and improving teacher RAPs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Joyful Reading and Writing With Young Children
This Web page shares resources for fostering a love of reading while supporting language and literacy development for multilingual learners ages 3-8. The featured resources focus on dual language and English learner populations and offer evidence-based guidance and strategies vetted by the U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities in School
This Web page features a three-part series of guides focused on supporting LGBTQIA+ communities in school. The guides identify strategies, resources, and action items that support relationship-building and enhance advocacy efforts with LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and communities.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; LGBTQIA students; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Data Integration Toolkit
This toolkit provides instructions, strategies, and resources for state education agencies for integrating Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B data into their State Longitudinal Data Systems using the Common Education Data Standards.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center for the Integration of IDEA Data
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Integrated Education and Training (IET) in Corrections: A Companion Guide to the IET Design Toolkit
This toolkit is a supplement to the Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit (IET Design Toolkit). The guide applies the Reentry Education Framework to the IET Design Toolkit and shares information, guidance, and resources on integrated education and training programs in the correctional setting.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit and Train-the-Trainer Resources
This toolkit details a four-phased, team-based framework for developing integrated education and training (IET) programs. The toolkit is intended to assist state and local education agency staff in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating effective IET programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 25 minutes
Report on the Condition of Education 2023
This annual report from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences offers a comprehensive review of the national education landscape, from early childhood through postsecondary education, during the coronavirus pandemic. The report also shares key indicators on labor force outcomes and provides international comparisons.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Discipline Discussions: Suspension, Expulsion and Informal Removals: Unexpected Realities in Preschool
Authored by Valerie Williams, the Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), this blog presents data on the impact of exclusionary discipline on preschool students as well as data on the disproportionate frequency of exclusionary discipline on students of color and students with disabilities. The post provides resources and includes a Q&A session with three OSEP technical assistance centers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Joint Dear Colleague Letter From the Department of Justice and the Department of Education
This Dear Colleague letter shares details from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education on ongoing Federal efforts to address barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in online educational services, programs, and systems at their institutions of higher education. The letter also provides information on applicable Federal laws, past enforcement actions, and where to find relevant Federal guidance and trainings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning
This report offers information on artificial intelligence (AI) and its application in education; shares guiding questions and foundational strategies for establishing ethical, equitable policies for integrating AI into education systems; and provides recommendations for aligning AI with education policy objectives.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 2 minutes
Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions to Protect Youth Mental Health, Safety & Privacy Online
This fact sheet shares information on trends in youth mental health in the United States and describes the recent actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration to support youth mental health. These actions include large-scale efforts undertaken by the U.S. Departments of Education, Commerce, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Antisemitism
This Dear Colleague letter shares information on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) and describes its mandate to provide all students, including Jewish students, a learning environment free from discrimination. The letter provides guidance for schools on responding to harassment and a hostile environment, offers relevant resources, and shares actions that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights may pursue when evaluating if a school has met its obligations under Title VI.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroup; Free to Learn
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
This report details the Federal government’s comprehensive national strategy to counter antisemitism in the United States. The report describes the current landscape and recent rise of antisemitism and shares the Federal government’s four pillar approach to countering antisemitism and keeping Jewish communities safe.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Free to Learn
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 34 minutes
Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 2, Elementary): Behavioral Strategies
This training module is the second in a two-part series on understanding elementary school students’ challenging behaviors. This training describes behavioral strategies that educators and school staff can implement to prevent or address challenging behaviors.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: IRIS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 1, Elementary): Understanding the Acting-Out Cycle
This training module is the first in a two-part series on understanding elementary school students’ challenging behaviors. The training provides an overview of the acting-out cycle and shares tips to help educators and school staff respond to students' behavior in each stage of the cycle.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: IRIS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in Rural Schools
This brief shares an overview of research on adverse childhood experiences and describes the components, benefits, and impacts of trauma-informed approaches in rural schools. The brief outlines the challenges of implementing trauma-informed practices in the rural school setting and offers strategies for the implementation of trauma-informed practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 46 minutes
Developing Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms Session 1: Understanding Trauma and Its Impact on Students
This is the first session of a four-part training series on developing trauma-sensitive classrooms. This session provides an overview of trauma and its effects on students and shares strategies for addressing trauma and implementing trauma-sensitive practices on a schoolwide level.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Developing Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms Session 2: Identifying Students Who Need More Intensive Trauma-Sensitive Supports
This is the second session of a four-part training series on developing trauma-sensitive classrooms. This session focuses on how to conduct trauma screening and identify students with traumatic stress to offer support.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Developing Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms Session 3: Creating a Trauma-Sensitive School Environment and Classroom
This is the third session of a four-part training series on developing trauma-sensitive classrooms. This session offers strategies for creating safe, predictable classroom environments; implementing positive behavioral supports; facilitating social emotional learning; and building an understanding of students’ needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Developing Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms Session 4: Educator Self-Care
This is the final session of a four-part training series on developing trauma-sensitive classrooms. This session describes secondary traumatic stress, its impacts on educators, and strategies for addressing secondary traumatic stress and implementing self-care practices.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Effective Approaches and Strategies for Educator Retention
This infographic offers promising research-based practices for improving educator recruitment and retainment and provides resources for collecting and analyzing data on educator mobility and retention.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
How Teachers Can Plant SEAD (Social, Emotional, and Academic Development) in Math
This infographic describes how educators can combine social, emotional, and academic instruction into their curricula to strengthen students’ math skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Supporting a Culture of Data Literacy and Use to Improve Instructional Quality
This fact sheet describes the concept of a culture of data use, offering insight into signs of a healthy culture of data use; key factors of effective data systems; and examples of ways to use data to inform policies, curricula, student supports, and classroom instructional practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Features of Culturally Responsive Assessments for Indigenous Students
This resource describes how traditional academic assessments do not always appropriately recognize Indigenous students’ skills and knowledge and offers six guiding features of culturally responsive assessments that can be used to better frame discussions around the design, selection, administration, and scoring of assessments for Indigenous students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Making Sense of Educational Assessment
This fact sheet provides information about educational assessment, including its purposes for research, evaluation, and instruction; the different types of assessment used for instruction; and how assessment results may be used by different audiences.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Leveraging Technology for Student Success
This resource for school district leaders offers a framework for equitably and effectively evaluating, selecting, and implementing technology in schools. The framework contains guiding questions throughout to help leaders assess their current technology infrastructure and make informed decisions about improvements.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
U.S. Department of Education Toolkit: Creating Inclusive and Nondiscriminatory School Environments for LGBTQI+ Students
This toolkit offers policies and strategies that schools and school districts can implement to create supportive, nondiscriminatory environments for LGBTQI+ students and families; examples of Federal resources that can be leveraged to implement the strategies listed; and supplemental resources to help readers access additional research and best practices.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Cultivating Fertile Ground in Career and Technical Education for Industry-Recognized Credentials
This article describes promising practices that various states have used to implement industry-recognized credentialing programs to enhance their career and technical education systems.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
How to Address Chronic Absenteeism
This article describes how school districts should identify the root causes of chronic absenteeism to inform the implementation of interventions. The article also provides some strategies for improving attendance, such as building positive relationships, setting realistic goals, and engaging caregivers and families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Resources for Developing Well-Written Goals
This resource supports school districts in developing high-quality, well-written goals for plans of action to improve student outcomes.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
The State of School Diversity in the United States
This resource reviews the history of segregation and desegregation in U.S. schools, provides data on resource inequities and the current state of school diversity, shares information on the benefits of school diversity, and explores Federal programs that can help school districts improve diversity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
SEL + Math = Integrated Instruction for the Whole Child
This Web page shares materials from a training for K-12 math teachers on how to incorporate social and emotional learning into math instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
On the Path to Resiliency: How Supportive Community Colleges Address Student Trauma
This fact sheet describes how community college leaders, faculty, and staff can support students impacted by trauma by understanding and recognizing the signs of trauma and responding with trauma-sensitive practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Summer and Afterschool Resource Map
This website shares documents to guide state, school district, and school leaders in making strategic decisions about afterschool and summer learning and enrichment programs. Resources, examples, and strategies for success are provided regarding program design, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment
This assessment helps school districts create or enhance their summer and afterschool programs by assessing their current programs and identifying areas for improvement. Upon completion, the assessment offers targeted resources to assist in the planning and improvement process.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
This Web page shares information about the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) — a set of annual surveys administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high school students’ health-related behaviors. Visitors can access YRBSS reports and explore YRBSS data at national, state, and local levels.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Ingredients to Student Success: Integrating Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
This blog article underscores the importance of social and emotional learning and explores how educators can integrate social and emotional learning practices into academic instruction to maximize learning and create supportive environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Fact Sheet: Diversity & Inclusion Activities Under Title VI
This fact sheet describes how most diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, programs, and activities are consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). The fact sheet describes types of DEI training and activities that are not prohibited under Title VI and explains how these activities can and have been implemented to create a positive and inclusive school climate.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Resource Guide: Engaging Support for Black First-Generation Students
This resource presents research on the barriers to success that many Black first-generation students face during college and provides recommendations for addressing these barriers by prioritizing mental health concerns, introducing financial literacy, improving college access, and increasing antidiscrimination efforts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; First-generation college students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center for First-Generation Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
White House Toolkit on Transgender Equality
This toolkit’s first section describes challenges that many transgender students face at schools and institutions of higher education, offers examples of policies and practices that create safe and supportive learning environments for transgender students, and provides details on how the U.S. Department of Education supports transgender students who experience discrimination.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Working With Rural Schools on Education Research
This article shares tips on effectively partnering with rural schools to conduct education research.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
IEP Tip Sheet Series
This series of tip sheets outlines key components of the individualized education program. The tip sheets offer information for educators, administrators, and school staff about Federal regulations and implementation of goals and measurement, and provide supplemental resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Effective Implementation of Bilingual Programs: Reflections From the Field
This article shares lessons learned by the Intercultural Development Research Association from over five decades of research on and practice with bilingual education programs. The article groups lessons learned around 13 major areas and offers reflections on key characteristics for each major area.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Lessons Learned
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 2, Secondary): Behavioral Strategies
This training module is the second in a two-part series on understanding middle- and high-schoolers' challenging behaviors. This training describes strategies that educators and school staff can implement to prevent or address challenging behaviors.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: IRIS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 1, Secondary): Understanding the Acting-Out Cycle
This training module is the first in a two-part series on understanding middle- and high-schoolers' challenging behaviors. The training provides an overview of the 'acting-out cycle' and shares tips to help educators and school staff respond to students' behavior in each stage of the cycle.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: IRIS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Irmo High School Student Focus Process
This resource outlines the innovative “Student Focus” process utilized by Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina, to support students’ success. This collaborative process seeks to monitor students’ progress, identify students in need of additional support, investigate barriers to success and identify appropriate interventions, and facilitate ongoing communication and progress monitoring to meet students’ needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: Irmo High School, South Carolina
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Examining Bilingual Education Programs and Policies
This blog article explains bilingual education programs, including information on their purpose and impacts, the components needed to start a bilingual education program, and offering additional resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Participation of English Learners in the National Assessment of Educational Progress: Opportunity and Inclusivity
This blog article shares the history of English learners’ participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), trends in recent years in NAEP scores among English learners, and resources to help educators and schools support English learners’ academic achievement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
At-Home Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
This webpage offers information about at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests and provides a comprehensive list of tests that have been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with details about each type of test to help individuals decide which one to use when needed.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Sustaining Effective Programs Even When Grant Funding Runs Out: A Toolkit for Charter School Leadership Teams
This toolkit contains a guide and an Excel workbook to help charter school leaders analyze their current funding and its impacts, strategize to financially sustain their programs, and reflect on opportunities for improvement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Considerations for Menstrual Equity and Student Success
This brief presents the issue of menstrual inequity, describing its potential impacts on students and exploring how schools and school districts may use Federal funding to improve access to menstrual products in schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Title IV, Part A Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Colorado Bright Spots Districts & Schools: Strategies Employed to Address Teacher Shortages
This infographic shares strategies that several Colorado schools and school districts are using to address educator shortages and improve educator retention.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Evidence-Based Facilitator Guides: Improving Intermediate Academic Content and Literacy for English Learners
This series of guides is designed for instructional leaders facilitating professional learning opportunities for educators. The guides offer evidence-based recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse for advancing academic and literacy outcomes for English learners in grades 4–8.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Impact Stories
This webpage features success stories from collaborations between the Comprehensive Center Network and state and local education agencies across the country. Each story shares key strategies, important lessons, and innovative solutions, and celebrates school districts and state education agencies as they work to drive change and make an impact in education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Comprehensive Center Network
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Community Schools in Wisconsin Guidebook: A Resource for Starting and Improving Community Schools
This guidebook provides an overview of community schools models and supports and shares information on relevant policies and funding opportunities, as well as success stories from community schools in Wisconsin. The guidebook also offers strategies that can support school and district leaders who are planning or implementing community schools in their locality.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 10 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 25 minutes
Going Beyond the Data in Diversifying the Teacher Workforce
This article describes the collaboration between the Connecticut Department of Education and the Comprehensive Center Network to improve the recruitment and retention of educators of color. The article shares data on the disparity between students and educators of color in Connecticut and outlines the challenges of addressing both the symptoms and root causes of inequities in the education system.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
The Key to Engaging Every Student: Building Greater Linkages Between National, State, and Local System Leaders
This journal article provides an overview of the purpose and goals of American Rescue Plan and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief stimulus funding, and discusses the challenges, strategies, and opportunities that arose as states and partners worked to scale critical services and education infrastructure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
A Standardized, Equitable, and Transparent High-Quality Instructional Materials Review Process
This guide describes the background, process, implementation challenges, and outcomes of the refined review process for the adoption of high-quality instructional materials created by the Nevada Department of Education. The guide offers insight on how to successfully integrate choice into instructional design in ways that are culturally engaging, standards-aligned, and grounded in strategic planning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Re-Imagine, Re-Tool, Re-Commit: Advice for the School Improvement Journey
This video shares insights on the use of equity indicators for systemic change that were identified by stakeholders in the Comprehensive Center Network’s Equity and School Improvement Community of Practice. The video offers guidance for five areas of the school improvement process, including the designation of low-performing schools; crafting messages; setting planning requirements; supporting changes; and sustaining improvements.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Using Bright Spots in South Dakota Indian Country to Increase Native American Student Achievement
This infographic shares the timeline, goals, and accomplishments of the South Dakota Bright Spots project, a 5-year grant program supporting statewide implementation of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 11 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Promoting Career Pathways
This topical brief summarizes the current strategies being implemented to support and promote career pathways for high school students in seven states across the country. The brief offers information on each state’s identified needs, the state education agency's strategies to meet identified needs, and the supports offered by the Region 5 and Region 14 Comprehensive Centers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center; Region 14 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Six Key Ways School-Based Mental Health Professionals Can Support Students in Foster Care
This blog post shares a trauma-informed framework and strategies for school-based mental health professionals to use when working with students in or formerly in foster care. The blog post includes six key practices that school-based mental health professionals and educators can take together to support these students effectively and empathically.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Strategic Use of Summer and Afterschool Set Asides Community Resources
This webpage highlights the mission and work of the Strategic Use of Summer and Afterschool Set Asides Community of Practice. The page offers resources, tools, data, and program sustainability findings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Success Gaps Toolkit: Addressing Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunity
This toolkit is designed to help states, school districts, and schools closely examine their educational systems to identify the root causes of inequities or disproportionate outcomes between groups of students. The toolkit contains videos, customizable training materials, a rubric, and a handbook.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: IDEA Data Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Raise the Bar: Create Pathways for Global Engagement 'Unlocking Career Success'
This resource describes the U.S. Department of Education’s “Unlocking Career Success” initiative to strengthen college and career pathways for high school students. The resource offers four key strategies that will advance this initiative and calls upon education and workforce stakeholders to join in these efforts to advance students’ postsecondary success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline
This resource details investigations that the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice have conducted of discriminatory student discipline policies and practices. The resource describes how each investigation was resolved and the steps the educational agencies under investigation committed to take following each case, which can be used as proactive suggestions for other educational agencies working to eliminate discriminatory discipline policies and practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights; U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Estimated Engagement Time: 41 minutes
Addressing Working Conditions to Improve Teacher Retention: An Exploration of the Research
This report offers a research review of the impacts of working conditions on teacher retention. Researchers compiled the literature into eight categories of working conditions that may impact teachers’ decisions to stay in or leave the profession; state, district, and school leaders can use these findings to plan for improvements in working conditions to attract new and retain existing educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
ApprenticeshipUSA: Educators
This webpage offers guidance and resources designed to support middle and high schools and institutions of higher education in developing, improving, and supporting registered apprenticeships. The webpage also shares information on starting a registered apprenticeship program, connecting with employers, and creating opportunities for applied learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Labor
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
IDEAs That Work: English Learners
This website shares resources specific to supporting students with disabilities who are English learners. The website includes resources from the U.S. Department of Education as well as resources from federally funded projects and centers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Topic Areas
This webpage hosts information and resources from the U.S. Department of Education, other Federal agencies, and federally funded technical assistance centers related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Teaching the World
This webpage directs users to the U.S. Title VI National Resource Centers, which are higher education international studies centers that provide training and educational programs to K-14 teachers and students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Title VI National Resource Centers
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Training to Support Collaborative Conversations Between EL Specialists and Classroom Teachers for English Learner Students in New Mexico
This website contains training resources developed by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest to facilitate collaboration between English Language Development Coordinators and elementary school leaders at Rio Rancho Public Schools in New Mexico to improve instruction for English learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Investing in Student and Community Success
This blog article shares how Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College provides career and technical education programs and experiences for their students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Understanding Flexible Rural Career Pathways
This resource explores career pathways for students in rural areas, including factors that contribute to successful programs, challenges in rural education, and promising current interventions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
Beyond the Box 2023
This guide provides recommendations and resources to colleges and universities for mitigating barriers to postsecondary education for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 12 minutes
Second Chances: Education and Justice Involved Students
This blog article describes the U.S. Department of Education's priorities and efforts to provide high-quality education and training to justice-involved individuals, including those who are incarcerated.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
4 Ways to Flex Your Leadership From the Classroom
This blog article offers four tips on how educators can pursue leadership opportunities while maintaining their classroom roles.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
COVID-19: Testing for COVID-19
This website provides a comprehensive overview of COVID-19 testing, including information about the different types of tests, how to know which test to use, how to get a test, and how to interpret test results.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
COVID-19: How to Protect Yourself and Others
This webpage offers a wealth of information to help individuals protect themselves, their families, and their communities against COVID-19. The page provides strategies for preventing COVID-19 and outlines situations in which these strategies may be especially helpful.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Empowering the Families of Black Autistic Children Through Culturally Responsive, Community-Based Interventions
This article features an interview with Dr. Jamie Pearson, an assistant professor of special education at North Carolina State University. Dr. Pearson describes her career experiences and her current research designing a culturally responsive, community-based intervention for black parents navigating special education services for their autistic children.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Center for Education Research
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Addressing Working Conditions in Alaska to Improve Teacher Recruitment & Retention
This blog article describes how the Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest is partnering with an Alaska local education agency to address teacher shortages and shares working conditions that may impact teacher retention in other states.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Navigating New Waters: Focusing on Principals’ Health and Well-Being
This blog article describes the importance of self-care and support for school principals and offers tips for fighting burnout and compassion fatigue.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Middle School Math Is an Important Bridge to Lifelong STEM Learning and Success
This infographic describes how middle school math teachers can employ student-focused instructional strategies and provide opportunities for students to use computational thinking skills to strengthen students’ confidence and engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Prioritizing Play: The Importance of Play-Based Learning in Early Education
This blog article describes the differences between free play and guided play, and the benefits and importance of each, and provides examples of states that are enacting legislation to prioritize play in early childhood settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
What Is Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten? A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
This fact sheet illustrates and describes how a play-based approach to education helps kindergarteners learn both academic and social emotional skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Attendance Playbook: Smart Strategies for Reducing Student Absenteeism Post-Pandemic
This guide to reducing student absenteeism offers a wealth of strategies for improving student attendance, compiled into three tiers — universal prevention, early intervention, and intensive intervention. The guide addresses topics ranging from family engagement, culturally relevant instruction, school-based health services, home visits, and out-of-school-time programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: FutureEd; Attendance Works
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours
Monitoring Educational Equity: Report Highlights
This resource compiles highlights from a report on indicators of disparities in students’ access to resources and educational outcomes, or “equity indicators.” The resource describes 16 equity indicators and shares different types of data that state and local education agencies can collect to measure equity within their systems and track progress toward eliminating disparities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
CDC Healthy Schools
This webpage shares facts about school-aged children’s health and outlines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s approach to partnering with schools to promote students’ physical and mental health and well-being.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
This website describes the purpose and components of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, and shares information on how schools and families can use the WSCC model to support and improve short- and long-term student health.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Green Strides School Sustainability Resource Hub
This website features free tools, trainings, and guidance for making schools and school districts healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable. All resources are aligned with the pillars of the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools recognition award.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Effective Literacy Instruction for Multilingual Learners: What It Is and What It Looks Like – Part 2
This podcast, the second in a two-part series, discusses literacy development in bilingual settings and shares strategies for providing effective literacy instruction for multilingual learners. The podcast also features a Q&A session featuring Dr. Ana DeGenna, Associate Superintendent of Educational Services at Oxnard School District.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Effective Literacy Instruction for Multilingual Learners: What It Is and What It Looks Like – Part 1
This podcast, the first in a two-part series, discusses key understandings about literacy development for multilingual learners and offers information about effective literacy instruction for students who are multilingual. The podcast also features a Q&A session with experts from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Acquisition, Sobrato Early Academic Language, and Seidlitz Education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 25 minutes
Co-Regulation in Human Services
This website offers a wealth of resources on co-regulation, including videos, fact sheets, and research. These resources are designed to support practitioners (including school-based staff) in understanding the importance of co-regulation for helping children and youth develop strong self-regulation skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Mental Health Resources for K-12 Schools
This infographic offers strategies and resources that educators, school staff, and school districts can implement to support the mental health and well-being of K-12 students. Strategy recommendations include family engagement, mental health literacy, positive school climates, and trauma-sensitive approaches.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: Federal School Safety Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Guiding Principles for Creating Safe, Inclusive, Supportive, and Fair School Climates
This guide shares five guiding principles that support an inclusive and positive learning environment and offers potential actions that schools and districts can take to foster these environments. The guide also lists Federal resources that support schools and districts in ensuring a positive school climate.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 41 minutes
Confined or Incarcerated Student Fact Sheet
This fact sheet shares recent policy changes in the accessibility of Federal Pell Grants for incarcerated students participating in the Prison Education Program. The fact sheet also provides general information for confined or incarcerated students on the Federal Pell Grant, eligibility for the grant, and how to access and enroll in the Prison Education Program.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Capitalizing on the Moment: How Local Education Leaders Can Contribute to State Digital Equity Planning Efforts
This blog post offers a brief description of funding released in support of the development of state-level digital equity plans and provides links that share opportunities to engage in digital equity plan development in each state. The blog post also includes topics for local education leaders to consider as they engage in the planning process.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Achieving a Shared Statewide Vision for Kindergarten in Hawai‘i
This brief outlines how the Hawai‘i State Department of Education aligned their early childhood care and learning systems to strengthen policies around young children’s transitions to kindergarten, including through developmentally appropriate practices and culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
From Alignment to Action: Nevada’s Work to Expand Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten Practices
This brief explores how the Nevada Department of Education is aligning and strengthening early childhood education and care systems throughout the state to better support young children through developmentally appropriate practices. The brief also includes guiding questions that state leaders can ask to reflect upon how they can strengthen early childhood education and care systems in their own states.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Culturally Responsive Data Literacy
This resource outlines the concept of culturally responsive data literacy for teaching and details how educators and school staff can foster culturally responsive approaches to data literacy by collecting qualitative data about students and students' personal experiences and examining and interrupting their own biases.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Systemic Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Essential Elements of Comprehensive Data Literacy
This guide explores the concept of data literacy in education, defining its four key elements and the three support structures that comprise it. The guide explains how these elements work together to create and sustain data literacy and offers activities, questions, and tips to support learning and implementation.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Systemic Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Alabama Framework for English Learner Success
This resource, designed by the Alabama Department of Education and the Region 7 Comprehensive Center, describes the state's framework, principles, and theory of action for developing and implementing evidence-based, high-quality curricula for English learning students. The resource provides information on student characteristics, development and implementation plans, and a vision statement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, State or Local Resources
Organization: Alabama Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Guiding Principles and Best Practices in School Discipline to Support Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Needs
This webpage hosts a series of four fact sheets on best practices in school discipline, developed by a collaborative of technical assistance centers serving the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools. The fact sheets offer best practices to help state and local education agencies support and respond to students’ social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs and reduce the use of exclusionary discipline.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety; Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports; National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments; Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center; Student Engagement and Attendance Technical Assistance Center; Title IV, Part A Technical Assistance Center; Best Practices Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
What is the Best Practices Clearinghouse?
Watch this video to learn about the U.S. Department of Education's Best Practices Clearinghouse, where education stakeholders can access a wealth of resources and training opportunities to navigate a successful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Best Practices Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention
This resource outlines the five components of the CDC’s framework for campus sexual violence prevention — comprehensive prevention, infrastructure, audience, partnerships and sustainability, and evaluation. The integration of all five components offers an opportunity to implement prevention efforts that have a greater impact on the prevention and reduction of sexual violence on college and university campuses.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 31 minutes
CDC’s Connecting the Dots: Understanding the Overlap Between Multiple Forms of Violence
This website provides information and tools for exploring the overlaps between multiple forms of violence and outlines efforts for collaborative prevention. The website includes an introduction to the links between multiple forms of violence, as well as opportunities for identifying shared risk and protective factors across multiple forms of violence and learning how others are using a shared risk and protective factor approach to prevent violence.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
CDC’s Select, Adapt, Evaluate: How to Use Essential Elements to Inform Violence Prevention Approaches
This website shares evidence-based approaches to violence prevention and describes how to effectively select, deliver, adapt, and evaluate violence prevention approaches to meet the unique needs of different communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
CDC’s Dating Matters Comprehensive Teen Dating Violence Prevention Model Implementation Toolkit
Dating Matters® is a CDC-developed teen dating violence prevention model that uses evidence-based approaches to teach 11- to 14-year-olds healthy relationship skills before they start dating. This website includes everything needed to implement the model, including trainings, guidance, program materials, and other resources.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Violence Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool
This online tool is designed to assess an organization’s capacity to implement violence prevention programs, including those aimed at preventing sexual violence, intimate partner violence, youth violence, teen dating violence, or child abuse and neglect.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
VetoViolence Resources for Violence Prevention: Social Norms
This webpage defines social norms, describes the social norms approach to public health and violence prevention, and shares steps for creating and implementing a social norms campaign to prevent violence.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
CDC Violence Indicators Guide and Database: Measuring Your Work to Help Prevent Violence
This Web page provides an interactive guide and database, allowing violence-prevention stakeholders to explore indicators to assist with evaluation and progress monitoring of violence-prevention efforts. The website shares information on what indicators are, why they’re important, and how to select specific indicators, as well as shares a database of indicators for users to explore and identify those that best fit their program’s needs and goals.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Violence Prevention in Practice: Implementation Guidance for CDC's Technical Packages
This website is designed to help stakeholders who have a role in planning, implementing, and evaluating violence prevention efforts with selecting and implementing the strategies presented in the CDC’s technical packages to prevent or reduce violence.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
LGBTQ+ Black Youth in Schools and Communities
This webinar features a discussion on problems that Black LGBTQ students experience being marked as Black in a white supremacist society and being marked as queer in a hetero-cisnormative society. Presenters reflect upon the impacts of societal oppression on Black LGBTQ youth and offer recommendations for disrupting homophobia and transphobia in school communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth
This report shares a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on the health, well-being, and needs of LGBTQI+ youth. Section two of this resource describes the influences of school experiences and environments on the health and well-being of LGBTQI+ youth and shares school-based practices and programs that create safe and supportive environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 41 minutes
Interrupting Microaggressions: A Professional Learning Study Lab
This guide contains tools, videos, readings, and action plans designed to support individuals in leading professional learning sessions centered on defining, identifying, and interrupting microaggressions.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
"Don’t Say Gay" Policies in Schools: A Choose Your Own Equitable Adventure
This resource explores the different ways that educators can navigate teaching in States where policies restrict discussion of non-heteronormative family structures. The resource presents a scenario; shares potential responses; and provides insight on how each response may impact students, curriculum, and overall classroom inclusivity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Cyberbullying in Schools: An Educator’s Equitable Choice
This resource details a cyberbullying scenario at the intersection of religion and offers educators three potential responses to the incident. The resource outlines the intents and impacts of each potential response and provides supplemental resources on equitable approaches to cyberbullying prevention and intervention.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Cyberbullying in Schools: An Educator’s Equitable Choice — Terms and Guidance
This resource shares information on cyberbullying in schools, including definitions, laws, and examples of court cases related to cyberbullying. This resource is designed to provide background information to complement the partner resource “Cyberbullying in Schools: An Educator’s Equitable Choice.”
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
The 20-Minute Talk: Episode 2 — Antiracism in the Age of COVID-19
This podcast episode focuses on the importance of incorporating anti-racist practices in schools. The episode shares how these practices can foster safe and inclusive learning environments for students, particularly those with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, including Black/African American and Asian American students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings: Lakota Language & Culture in an Elementary Classroom
This webinar outlines the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings (OSEU) and explores how educators can integrate the OSEU into classroom learning experiences to honor student voices, experiences, and identities by centering Indigenous culture.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes
Equity Connect! Centering Student Voice in Leading for Equity
This webinar, featuring Community Unit School District 308 in Oswego, Illinois, shares how this school district leveraged their partnership with the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center to more authentically center marginalized students' inputs and perspectives. Presenters highlight strategies, tools, and resources that support centering student voice in leading for equity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
How to Respond to Sensitive Issues in the Classroom: A Choose Your Own Equitable Adventure
This resource details a scenario exploring the different ways educators may respond to sensitive conversations in the classroom, and the reactions and impacts different responses may elicit. Multiple resources are embedded to assist in navigating these types of conversations and to assist cultivation of critical consciousness within a caring classroom community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Universal Design for Learning, and the Woope Sakowin (Seven Laws): Integrating Lakota Values Into the Classroom
This webinar explores the connections between the Woope Sakowin (Seven Laws) of the Lakota people and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles for honoring and engaging students and designing safe, asset-based learning environments. Presenters offer insight into how educators can integrate the Seven Laws and UDL into their teaching practices.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Community Stakeholder Support: Disrupting Anti-Blackness and Homophobia in Schools
This resource presents a call to action for school community stakeholders to collaborate with educators to increase policies and practices that center the lived experiences of students who hold the intersectional identities of being both Black and a member of the LGBTQ community. The resource explains how anti-blackness and homophobia show up in schools and offers steps for creating supportive and affirming environments for students who identify as Black and queer.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Recognizing Black LGBTQ Students in Schools
This resource describes issues that Black LGBTQ students experience being marked as Black and queer in a white supremacist and hetero-cisnormative society. The resource examines queerness and the effects of societal oppression on these youth and offers recommendations for school staff and stakeholders to disrupt homophobia and transphobia in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Transgender Awareness in Sports: A Choose Your Own Equitable Adventure
This resource explores the different ways in which athletic coaches may respond to negative pushback about transgender students' participation in school sports, and the intents and impacts different responses may elicit. Multiple resources are embedded to assist in navigating these types of conversations and toward cultivating critical consciousness and inclusivity in school sports.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
EquiLearn Virtual Roundtable: Understanding and Resisting Antisemitism in School Board Meetings
This webinar describes the rise in antisemitic incidents at public-school meetings and offers strategies for recognizing antisemitism, connecting these incidents with broader socio-historical contexts, and addressing them when they occur.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 2 minutes
Centering Equity Within the PBIS Framework: Overview and Evidence of Effectiveness
This resource introduces the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports' 5-Point Equity Approach and shares positive impacts of applying this approach, including its success in improving equity in school discipline.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Creating a Classroom Teaching Matrix
This resource explains the impact of creating a positive classroom environment that reflects the values of teachers, students, and families. This guide offers instructions for developing a teaching matrix to teach predictable routines; positive expectations; and critical social, emotional, and behavioral skills.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Inclusive Education in Private Schools: 5 Keys to Success
This webinar presents five keys to inclusive education that benefit all students. Private school educators share insight and resources that can support educators in promoting student success through friendship, community, and positive school climate.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Prepping for PROGRESS 2022 Event Archive and Materials
This Web page shares event recordings and supplemental resources from the PROGRESS Center event, "Prepping for PROGRESS! Adding New Tools to Your Backpack (Toolbox) for the Start of School." All materials from this multi-day event focus on sharing information, resources, and lessons learned to support the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Stories From the Classroom: Developing an Environment Where All Students Belong
This Web page offers resources that support awareness of the role that school districts play in creating a welcoming environment for all students. The "Stories From the Classroom" video shares an administrator’s perspective and strategies for creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all students; the supplemental quick guide can be used to facilitate discussion in conjunction with the video.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Stories From the Classroom: Viewing Disability Rights as an Equity Issue
This website features several resources that support the understanding of disability rights as an equity issue. The "Stories From the Classroom" video shares an educator’s perspective on the value of being an advocate, innovator, and collaborator on behalf of students with disabilities; the supplemental quick guide can be used to facilitate discussion in conjunction with the video.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Ten Ways Schools Can Foster Belonging Among Students With and Without Disabilities
This webinar offers a framework for reflecting upon and fostering welcoming environments and a sense of belonging for all students. Webinar presenter Dr. Erik Carter, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University, describes challenges that many educators face when meaningfully including students with disabilities in the school community and shares 10 ways that schools can foster belonging among students with and without disabilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Stories From the Classroom: Finding Belonging
This webpage contains resources that support inclusion and equity for students with disabilities. The "Stories From the Classroom" video shares one student’s lived experience finding belonging in the classroom, and the supplemental discussion guide and quick guide can be used in conjunction with the video to facilitate in-depth discussion.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
PBIS in the News: How to Stop Bullying in Schools
This article describes how schools can prevent bullying, including by helping students develop social and emotional skills, setting clear behavioral expectations, and providing supports to students with behavioral needs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Interrupting Bullying & Harassment in Schools
This online toolkit helps educators and school leaders prevent bullying and harassment by creating a positive school climate.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Equity Assistance Center-South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Bullying Prevention
This resource provides educators with tools to teach students to identify and effectively respond to bullying.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Interrupting Microaggressions
This resource explains microaggressions and their components as well as their impacts on marginalized groups. The resource then offers strategies for disrupting microaggressions and provides supplemental resources.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Addressing Race-Based Hate Speech and Microaggressive Behavior in Schools
This resource defines race-based hate speech and microaggressions, and encourages teachers to foster a safe and supportive learning environment by addressing race-based hate speech, jokes, and subtle prejudice-oriented references intended to insult and harm students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Psychological Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Cultivating Positive Student-Teacher Relationships
This brief outlines the importance and key elements of positive student-teacher relationships and offers strategies to help educators strengthen their relational skills with students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Family Engagement
This online resource toolkit for educators offers best practices for authentically engaging with families and community members.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Equity Assistance Center-South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Building Connections With Students From Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Through Perspective-Taking
This blog post offers five perspective-taking strategies for educators who are working toward improving relationships with students with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Measuring the Use of Culturally Responsive Practices
This infographic provides examples and benefits of culturally responsive practices and shares strategies for planning for continuous improvement and measuring implementation of culturally responsive practice.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
A Commitment to Racial Equity From the Center on PBIS
This Web page provides strategies and resources on using school behavior support systems as tools for dismantling systemic racism and promoting equity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Teaching Kids About Identity and Bias
This Web page offers resources, tools, guidance, and current research on how to teach school-aged children about identity and bias.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Center for Education Equity
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Talking With Children About Race Resource List
This Web page for educators and families provides resources for teaching children about race, racism, and social justice. Resources include best practices, Federal guidance, children’s books, and current research.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Center for Education Equity
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How Do We Talk to Kids About Race and Racism?
This webinar shares guidance for parents on how to discuss race, racism, and current events involving race with children.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Center for Education Equity
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 2 minutes
Discussing Race, Racism, and Important Current Events With Students: A Guide With Lesson Plans and Resources
This guide for PreK-12 educators aids facilitation of frequent, high-quality conversations with students about race, racism, and important currents events to support self-reflection and constructive classroom discussions.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 29 minutes
We All Belong — School Resource Hub
This resource hub offers lesson plans, teaching tools, and State-level policy news to support educators, advocates, and school communities in promoting culturally sustaining schools and fighting harmful censorship policies.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Equity Assistance Center-South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
PBIS Cultural Responsiveness Field Guide: Resources for Trainers and Coaches
This field guide shares an integrated framework for embedding equity efforts into a schoolwide model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports through alignment with culturally responsive practices.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
Improving Conditions for Learning for Youth Who Are Neglected or Delinquent
This resource describes the importance of four key learning conditions — safety, support, social and emotional learning, and engagement and challenge — for students in public school systems and secure-care educational settings, such as residential treatment schools and juvenile detention and corrections facilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth
Estimated Engagement Time: 59 minutes
Positive Learning Environment Implementation Checklist
This checklist outlines the process for systematically tracking the implementation of key strategies for creating positive learning environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: You for Youth
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Strategies for Creating a Positive Learning Environment
This resource for educators and school staff shares seven strategies, each accompanied by detailed actionable steps, for creating positive learning environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: You for Youth
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Equitable Classroom Practices
This webinar for educators and school staff details best practices for creating equitable classroom environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 44 minutes
Exploring Equity Issues: Facilitating Race Talk in the Classroom: Lessons From Student Experiences
This brief describes the benefits of classroom discussions on race (race talk), shares students’ experiences of these discussions, and provides educators with strategies for facilitating effective race talk that results in meaningful learning opportunities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Center for Education Equity
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Short-Term Impacts of Student Listening Circles on Student Perceptions of School Climate and of Their Own Competencies
This report presents findings from a study on the effects of facilitated student focus groups (student listening circles) on students’ perceptions of school climate as well as their perceptions of their own ability to succeed academically and influence changes at their school.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Speak Out, Listen Up! Tools for Using Student Perspectives and Local Data for School Improvement
This online toolkit contains three tools to help administrators and educators listen to and learn from students about their school experiences and utilize students’ perspectives to inform school improvement efforts.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Free to Learn
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes
A Guide to Teaching Practices
This guide defines and describes evidence-based teaching strategies that support children and disabilities in engaging with, maintaining interest in, and learning the foundational concepts and skills that comprise science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning. The guide is intended to supplement the STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center "Guide to Adaptations" in cases where young learners require more support.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
A Guide to Adaptations
This guide describes how adaptations to learning environments and materials can facilitate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning for children with disabilities. The guide provides practical techniques and hands-on recommendations for adapting specific classroom spaces and objects to support STEM learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Multilingual Learners
This Web page offers a variety of resources, trainings, and tools that are tailored to support multilingualism and student success. The Web page provides resources for all multilingual learners as well as resources that are targeted toward multilingualism and assessment, English learners with disabilities, and Indigenous multilingual students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Braiding and Blending Federal Funds: A Step-by-Step Guide for Illinois Schools
This guide provides a background, overview, and comprehensive step-by-step guidance on braiding and blending Federal education funding. The information and guidance presented can support education administrators in states and territories across the country.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 41 minutes
Centering Communities in School Improvement: Strengthening Guidance Through Stakeholder Input
This blog describes how a collaboration between the Mississippi Department of Education and the Region 7 Comprehensive Center worked to understand and increase community members’ involvement in Community Engagement Councils. The blog shares project goals, findings, and priorities for future collaboration.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Supporting Students in Foster Care
This website offers guidance and resources to help schools and school districts support students in foster care.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Continuous Improvement for Equity Resource Hub
This website hosts an online survey tool and a library of resources aimed at helping educators, schools, and school districts center equity in their continuous improvement efforts.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
YPAR for the Classroom: A Guide for the Critical and Curious Educator
This brief explores the benefits of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and explains how educators can implement YPAR in the classroom to teach academic concepts while simultaneously providing opportunities for student voice and engagement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Centering F.a.M.I.L.Y in Black Girls’ STEM Learning
This brief describes barriers that African American girls face accessing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. The resource shares lessons learned from the F.a.M.I.L.Y Project, a year-long project that provided inclusive and culturally relevant STEM learning experiences to African American girls and their caregivers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Ventilation Improvements Among K-12 Public School Districts
This research report highlights how public school districts have improved building ventilation to prevent the spread of respiratory infections and keep schools safely open for in-person learning.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Office of Special Education Programs: Fast Facts
This Web page contains fact sheets that summarize data collected from states about infants, children, and youth with disabilities who receive early intervention or special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Discipline Discussions: Changing Our Mindset—Discipline Inequities
Authored by Valerie Williams, the Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, this blog presents data on the disproportionate impacts of disciplinary practices, such as exclusionary discipline, on students of color and students with disabilities. The post provides resources for state and local education agency leaders and educators to reduce discipline disparities and better respond to student needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Evidence Review and Training on Instructional Practices for American Indian English Learner Students
This Web page shares a training series as well as presentation materials, resources, and research findings from a two-phase collaboration between the New Mexico Public Education Department and Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest. All materials support the provision of high-quality English language instruction for Native American English learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Walking in Both Worlds: Native American Students and Language Acquisition
This two-part mini-documentary highlights research-based strategies that administrators, educators, and community and tribal leaders can implement to support Native American students in acquiring English language skills while simultaneously acquiring, developing, and preserving their native languages.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Culturally Responsive Practices to Support American Indian English Learners’ Success
This fact sheet shares research on the impacts of culturally responsive curricula on American Indian students’ academic outcomes and offers examples of promising culturally responsive instructional strategies that may be associated with higher academic achievement among American Indian English learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Collaborative Framework to Support English Learner Students' Instruction
This guide offers a framework to support teachers and English language development specialists in providing high-quality instruction to English learners. The guide shares research, templates, and best practices for designing and implementing collaborative instructional strategies that integrate language and content across subjects.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
USDA Rural Development Institutions of Higher Education Funding and Resource Guide
This funding and resource guide is designed to help colleges and universities in rural areas find federally funded low-interest loans and grants to build or improve their facilities, infrastructure, equipment, and educational programs. The guide shares a brief overview of applicable community programs, as well as relevant application details and requirements.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter Calling for End to Corporal Punishment in Schools and Guiding Principles on School Discipline
This Dear Colleague Letter outlines the U.S. Department of Education’s position on corporal punishment in schools and urges state and local education leaders to replace corporal punishment with evidence-based practices that create safe and healthy learning environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Designing and Delivering Career Pathways at Community Colleges: A Practice Guide for Educators
This guide provides community college administrators, educators, and staff with recommendations for designing and implementing high-quality career pathways that equip students with occupational skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 19 minutes
Routine Immunizations on Schedule for Everyone (RISE)
This Web page outlines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Let’s RISE initiative, which offers strategies and resources for community leaders and health care professionals to support routine immunizations among children, teens, and adults.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Data-Sharing Snapshots
This Web page includes findings from a 2022 study funded by the U.S. Department of Education on the ways in which state education agencies (SEAs) and state child welfare agencies exchange data about students in foster care. The website includes profiles of eight different SEAs' data-sharing practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Translanguaging to Support Students’ Bilingual and Multilingual Development
This infographic outlines the benefits and components of bilingualism and multilingualism, introduces the concept of translanguaging, and offers examples and recommendations to help educators leverage translanguaging in their teaching.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Raise the Bar: Lead the World
This resource provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Raise the Bar: Lead the World initiative and its role in advancing educational equity and excellence. The website shares ED's plans for supporting states, districts, and schools in achieving academic excellence, improving learning conditions, and creating pathways for global engagement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices, Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Educator Diversity Matters: Black Teachers Improve Outcomes for Black Students
This infographic illustrates the importance of educator diversity by sharing research on the benefits of Black students having Black teachers. The resource also shares data on students' access to teachers of color and shares examples of two states' approaches to improving educator diversity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
District Partnership Toolkit
This resource for district leaders offers guidance for developing partnerships to increase the number of tutors, mentors, coaches, student support coordinators, and postsecondary transition coaches in schools supporting students. The toolkit also shares information on how districts can leverage the National Partnership for Student Success to assist in these efforts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Kindergarten Observation Guide
This observation guide assists teachers and administrators in identifying, reflecting upon, and implementing developmentally appropriate practices in kindergarten classrooms that foster responsive developmental relationships, family engagement, motor development, literacy and language development, and supportive environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Connecting Theory to SEL Practice: Five Key Insights from Innovative, Community-Driven SEL Initiatives and Programs
This report shares insights from grantees from the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program that have designed, implemented, and evaluated innovative social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. The report offers five recommendations based on EIR grantees’ experiences that can help other school and district leaders create, implement, and evaluate their own SEL programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
COVID-19 Recovery and the Strategic Use of Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
This online resource shares videos from a virtual workshop on the impacts of the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. The workshop shares considerations related to the ARP Act, aspects of State Education Agencies’ (SEAs') strategic planning efforts, examples of different SEA approaches, and supplemental resources to help SEAs make the most of their ARP funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center; Region 13 Comprehensive Center; Region 15 Comprehensive Center; National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How to Help Our Children in Foster Care Create, Navigate, and Maintain Relationships
This article details how relational trauma impacts students in foster care and shares five recommendations for educators to create safe and supportive learning environments for students in foster care.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
The Five Big Ideas of Beginning Reading
This infographic highlights the foundational skills that contribute to students’ reading comprehension.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
The Power of Being Understood for Children and Youth in Foster Care
This article shares information on what educators should understand about supporting students in foster care.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter – Raise the Bar: Lead the World
This letter from the U.S. Secretary of Education outlines the U.S. Department of Education’s three key goals for advancing PreK-12 education: achieving academic excellence for all children, boldly improving learning conditions, and creating pathways for global engagement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Key Steps in Creating a State Partnership for Student Success
This resource shares five detailed steps for creating a statewide partnership to help students recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Building Educator Pipelines Through Service
This fact sheet outlines how the National Partnership for Student Success is strengthening educator pipelines and shares examples of how other organizations across the U.S. are developing partnerships to strengthen and diversify the educator workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Partnership for Student Success
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Getting to Know Pacific Island Students from the Freely Associated States Infographic Series
This series contains five infographics that aim to help educators and school staff grow their awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the diversity of Pacific Island students' cultures, languages, and experiences and that offer strategies for creating authentic relationships with Pacific Island students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Improving the Identification of English Learner Students for Talented and Gifted Programs
This infographic highlights the underrepresentation of English learners in talented and gifted (TAG) programs and shares strategies for increasing the number of English learners in TAG programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Elementary English Learner Students
This fact sheet spotlights evidence-based instructional practices for supporting elementary English learners in developing English language skills and strengthening their knowledge of academic content, and offers additional strategies for assessment and intervention.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Identifying and Meeting the Needs of English Learner Students with Disabilities
This infographic highlights questions schools and school districts should ask before referring an English learner for special education evaluation, lists factors that lead to the misidentification of special education needs for English learners, and offers evidence-based practices for ensuring appropriate identification and service provision for English learners with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities ; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Identifying English Learners with Disabilities
This infographic provides three evidence-based recommendations that can help teachers and instructional staff identify English learners who have disabilities: forming diverse collaborative teams, using multiple assessment measures, and being culturally and linguistically responsive.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities ; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Practice Guides
The What Works Clearinghouse practice guides are designed for education leaders, teachers, and instructional staff and offer evidence-based recommendations for supporting students and addressing common challenges in early childhood programs, schools, and postsecondary institutions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs ; PreK-12 Schools ; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Toolkit for a Workshop on Building a Culture of Data Use
This toolkit contains materials for schools and school districts to facilitate a workshop on developing a culture of data use.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes
An Approach to Using Student and Teacher Data to Understand and Predict Teacher Shortages
This resource describes a data-based technique for identifying patterns of teacher shortages and predicting future teacher shortages to inform appropriate response plans.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes
Practical Measurement for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: A Toolkit for Educators
This toolkit helps educators create and improve classroom-based practical measurement instruments to be used in networked improvement communities.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
Data Teaming Tools
This Website provides tools to support data teams with the data-based individualization process. The tools can also be adapted to facilitate data meetings in a multi-tiered systems of support framework or to support individualized education program teams.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Intensive Intervention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Instructional Course Content Materials
This series of online courses supports professional development providers with teaching pre-service and in-service educators about implementation of explicit instruction as well as intensive intervention in reading and mathematics.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Intensive Intervention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Literacy Leads, Content Follows, Students Thrive: Advice for Grades 4–8 Literacy Leaders
This interactive guide helps literacy leadership teams in grades 4–8 respond to lost learning time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by sharing resources on accelerated literacy development, including tips on literacy instruction in remote and hybrid learning environments, family supports, and community engagement.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Literacy Leads, Learning Follows, Students Succeed: Advice for Grades 1–3 Literacy Leaders
This interactive guide helps literacy leadership teams in grades 1–3 respond to lost learning time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by sharing resources on accelerated literacy development, including tips on literacy instruction in remote and hybrid learning environments, family supports, and community engagement.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Voices from the Field: How Can We Leverage Mentors to Build Student Resilience?
This article explores how school-based youth mentorship can build students’ resilience, support positive relationships, meet students’ needs, and advance education equity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Child Exploitation Resources for the K–12 Community
This infographic outlines the issue of child exploitation, describes basic steps that schools can take to identify and support students facing exploitation, and offers supplemental programs and resources.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Federal School Safety Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Leveraging Federal Funds for Teaching and Learning With Technology
This letter addresses the use of Federal funds for implementing and encouraging digital learning strategies and the use of educational technology to advance student achievement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
An Overview of Deaf-Blindness
This fact sheet describes deaf-blindness, provides information on causes and prevalence, and shares strategies on how to support the learning and communication of children who are deaf-blind.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 Winter Preparedness Plan
This fact sheet shares the Biden administration's progress on making COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and treatments widely available and accessible.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Educator Diversity Matters: Strategies for Charter Leaders to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Teachers of Color
This resource for charter school leaders describes the impact of representation on student success and highlights strategies to recruit, hire, and sustain teachers of color.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Benefits of Multilingualism
This infographic highlights the cognitive, educational, sociocultural, and economic benefits of being multilingual.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Use of Funds Tip Sheet for Serving Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness with McKinney-Vento and the American Rescue Plan
This tip sheet provides educational administrators with information to assist them in determining how to spend Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) and American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) subgrant funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: National Center for Homeless Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
The Biden–Harris Administration Promotes Access to Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
This blog post shares the efforts the Biden administration has undertaken to promote access to early high-quality intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Students from low-income backgrounds; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
The Sum Is Greater Than the Parts: Engaging Community to Promote Math Learning
This fact sheet shares best practices on how to engage the whole school community in support of math learning and offers strategies for building community partnerships.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Using Federal Relief Funds to Enhance STEM Teaching and Learning
This Dear Colleague Letter for State and school district leaders shares how Federal education funding may be used to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math teaching and learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
WeTeach_CS
This Web page describes the WeTeach_CS program, which educates and empowers K-12 and postsecondary educators, administrators, and professional development providers to realize the vision of computer science for all by broadening participation and sharing computing expertise to guide strategic improvement in computing education at the State and national level.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well Being,Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Improving Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs About Mathematics: A Literature Summary of Research-Based Practices and Strategies
This literature review identifies evidence-based practices and interventions for supporting students’ positive math attitudes and beliefs. The review covers four math attitudes—growth mindset, sense of belonging, math anxiety, and self-efficacy—and provides educators with research and supporting practices for promoting these positive perspectives among students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Frequently Asked Questions: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Programs and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Programs
This FAQ sheet shares guidance on how the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, including the American Rescue Plan ESSER Program and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund, may be used to support school communities in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 12 minutes
The Importance of Student Sense of Belonging
This fact sheet describes the importance of students feeling accepted, supported, and included within their school community and offers strategies for educators to improve students’ sense of belonging.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Cultivating Teacher Talent Through Grow Your Own Programs
This multimedia resource explores the design, implementation, and evaluation of Grow Your Own programs for expanding and diversifying the educator workforce.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Remote Literacy Learning Toolkits
This set of toolkits for families and schools provides strategies, videos, tips, and resources for teaching literacy in remote or hybrid learning environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Literacy Skill Checklist
This online assessment guides caregivers and educators through a series of questions about children’s literacy skills and, upon completion, provides a tailored set of resources for filling in gaps in children's reading, writing, and language skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Teaching Diverse Learners Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
This fact sheet defines culturally responsive pedagogy, offers examples of culturally responsive instructional practices, and shares considerations for educators, schools, districts, and States implementing culturally responsive pedagogy.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Culturally Responsive Assessment: Goals, Challenges, and Implications
This resource defines the concepts of cultural sensitivity, cultural relevance, cultural responsiveness, and cultural sustenance as they relate to pedagogy and assessments and provides recommendations for advancing equity within assessment systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Understanding the Needs and Experiences of Alaska Native English Learner Students
This resource shares findings of a study on Alaska’s English Learner (EL) policies and practices as they relate to Alaska Native students, and outlines implications of the study for other education agencies supporting Alaska Native EL students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Resources Educators Can Use and Share with Families to Promote a Mathematical Mindset
This fact sheet describes the benefits of students developing strong mathematics habits of mind and positive attitudes about mathematics and provides strategies and supplemental resources that educators can use to help students develop mathematical mindsets.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Culturally Responsive Instruction: Using Indigenous Principles in the Pacific Region
This blog article describes Indigenous principles of learning, offers examples of these principles in practice at schools across the Pacific region, and shares ideas to help educators serving students from Indigenous communities incorporate Indigenous principles of learning into their work.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Addressing Educator Workforce Shortages: Colorado Bright Spots
This report highlights examples of schools and school districts in Colorado that are successfully recruiting and retaining teachers despite their school or district having characteristics typically associated with higher turnover rates. The report also shares strategies for other education agencies looking to address teacher shortages.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 46 minutes
Heritage Language Learners and American Indian and Alaska Native Students
This infographic describes the importance of promoting the heritage languages of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) multilingual learners and offers strategies for supporting AI/AN students’ language education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
English Learners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
This infographic presents research on English Learners’ access to and representation within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and offers strategies to help educators and school leaders design high-quality STEM instruction for English Learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Families and Schools Partnering for Children’s Literacy Success
This toolkit offers an online tutorial along with resources, research, and tools to support schools and families in working together to advance children’s literacy development.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Accelerated Learning
This Website shares guides, videos, and supplemental resources on topics related to learning acceleration, including strategies for incorporating student engagement, a focus on essential skills, assessment, targeted tutoring support, and a whole child perspective.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Michigan Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The Investment Grid: Linking Costs and Outcomes
This tool helps State and local education agencies evaluate the costs and expected outcomes of different evidence-based interventions to inform the development of spending plans.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center; Edunomics Lab
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
ARP ESSER Financial Monitoring Checklist
This checklist supports State and local education agencies in monitoring the status and pace of their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund spending.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center; Edunomics Lab
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Evaluating the Impact of ARP ESSER-Funded Programs Using Logic Models
This resource outlines the process for using logic models to evaluate the short-, mid-, and long-term impacts of programs funded through the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and provides a template for education agencies to create their own logic models.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Recruitment and Retention: Innovative Ideas
This brief explores innovative strategies for addressing current challenges with educator recruitment and retention.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Supporting Students in Effective Transitions: What Students Have to Say
This fact sheet offers research and recommendations for supporting students transitioning from non-traditional schools to traditional schools and includes students' perspectives about their experiences.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Supporting a Diverse Educator Workforce and Professional Growth to Strengthen Student Learning
This Website shares research on the benefits of a diverse educator workforce and provides strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers of color.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Guide to Accelerated Learning
This fact sheet outlines the concept of accelerated learning, offers considerations for implementing learning acceleration, and shares examples of how States are accelerating learning to support students’ academic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Creating Communities of Care: How Charter Schools can Develop Systems that Support Student Mental Health
This resource provides strategies for charter school leaders to create and refine systems that support the mental health and well-being of students and school communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 49 minutes
Equity-Oriented Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Screening
This brief shares key considerations for developing and implementing equity-focused social, emotional, and behavioral screening within a Multitiered Systems of Support framework.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Teaching with Culture in Mind: An Observation and Reflection Tool
This resource describes how culture shapes teaching and learning and provides a tool and reflection questions for assessing school and classroom culture and for sustaining students’ cultures through classroom practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Beyond Traditional: A Guide for Equitable and Responsive Mathematics Curriculum
This tool is designed to help educators and instructional leaders critically evaluate mathematics curricula to ensure equitable and responsive learning experiences for all students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School: Practice Guide Summary
This resource provides a summary of the What Works Clearinghouse’s practice guide titled, “Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School”. The summary outlines the recommendations in the practice guide, describes their supporting evidence, and offers strategies for educators implementing the recommendations.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Supporting Learning Acceleration with American Rescue Plan Funds
This guide provides key strategies that States, school districts, and schools should implement, using American Rescue Plan funds, to accelerate learning and support students’ social, emotional, and academic needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities
This guide shares best practices for supporting students with disabilities in transitioning to postsecondary education or careers, and outlines requirements for transition services as set forth by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 29 minutes
Supporting Students in Literacy: Evidence-Based Resources and Recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse
This resource shares practice guides and supplemental learning materials from the What Works Clearinghouse that offer evidence-based instructional strategies for improving students’ literacy skills.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting a Student with Long-COVID: Considerations for Educators
This resource for educators offers information about the experiences of students affected by long COVID and provides suggestions for services and accommodations that school teams could consider for a student that qualifies for new or different special education services due to long COVID.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Kennedy Krieger Institute; Maryland State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families
This fact sheet provides information about long COVID as a disability and offers guidance on schools’ and postsecondary institutions’ responsibilities for the provision of services and reasonable accommodations for students for whom long COVID is a disability.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Providing Wraparound Services Under the American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth Program
This brief provides information and strategies for education agencies on using American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth funds to provide wraparound services to children and youth experiencing homelessness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Homeless Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
American Indian English Learner Students and English Language Development
This brief presents findings from a study on American Indian English Learner students’ progress toward English language proficiency and describes how the study’s findings can inform education leaders’ efforts to support American Indian English Learner students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
The First Migratory Learners: Identifying and Supporting American Indian and Alaska Native Migratory Students
This fact sheet provides strategies and resources to help educators and school staff identify and support American Indian and Alaska Native migratory students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Practices That May Help Prevent American Indian Students from Dropping Out of High School
This resource outlines culturally relevant instructional practices that may support American Indian students’ engagement and high school completion.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Transition to Kindergarten: Why It Matters and How to Promote Success
This brief shares evidence-based practices that schools, teachers, caregivers, and families can implement to support young children during their transition from early childhood programs to Kindergarten.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Recruiting and Retaining Teachers – A Resource Brief Collection
This collection of seven briefs focuses on common issues related to recruiting and retaining teachers from underrepresented backgrounds or with certain certifications and provides resources for addressing these issues.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Managing Immediate, Short-Term, and Long-Term Recovery From an Emergency Incident
This Website contains a repository of resources to support state, regional, and local education agencies with recovery efforts in the aftermath of an emergency.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
A Reflective Process for Working Through Complex Restorative Practice Dilemmas in Schools
This brief outlines the foundational elements of restorative practices and offers a reflective process for schools to use when facing complex dilemmas related to restorative practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Reimagining School Safety: A Guide for Schools and Communities
This guide is intended to support educators and education leaders in reimagining school safety by reframing the concept, shifting from a view of school safety as the absence of negative elements, to one defined by the existence of positive elements.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 54 minutes
Students Bullied Over Mask-Wearing: What Schools Need to Know to Prevent and Address the Problem
This brief focuses on the issue of students being bullied for wearing masks to protect against the virus that causes COVID-19. The brief provides an overview of the issue as well as strategies to help schools address and prevent anti-mask bullying.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Improving Financial Literacy Education
This brief offers considerations for State and local education agencies looking to implement financial literacy education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
U.S. Education in the Time of COVID
This Web page shares highlights from a variety of data sources to provide a snapshot of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. education system.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Promising Practices Clearinghouse
This Web page hosts an interactive map highlighting schools and school districts throughout North Carolina that have implemented programs or practices that have proven successful for supporting students and educators.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Implementation Stories
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Culturally Responsive Practice as a Strategy for Diversifying the Educator Workforce
This Website offers informational videos and supplemental resources to support State and local efforts to diversify the educator workforce through culturally responsive practice.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Resources to Help States Advance Education for Native Students: Circles of Reflection
This guide provides a framework for collaboration between state education agencies, tribes, and local education agencies to advance the academic outcomes of Native students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center, Native Education Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 41 minutes
Creating Safe and Inclusive Schools: A Framework for Self-Assessment
This resource offers a guiding framework and tool for assessing school climate, safety, and inclusiveness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Equity Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Key Actions for Transformative Leadership in K-12 Athletics
This resource shares five key actions that school leaders and athletics program staff can take to create safe, supportive, and equitable environments for student athletes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
A Teachers' Tool for Minimizing the Emotional Impact of Learning Disability Labeling on Students of Color
This equity tool is designed to help educators critically reflect on their beliefs, language, and ideas regarding Latinx students with Learning Disabilities in order to support their students’ social and emotional well-being and sense of self.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Being a Critical Consumer of Professional Development Related to Educational Equity
This tool provides guidance to help education agencies select high-quality professional development opportunities related to educational equity.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Helping Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Students Register for Secondary School
This fact sheet details the three steps of an asset-based, culturally sensitive process for registering newcomer immigrant and refugee students in secondary schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Preparing Young Children for School
This guide shares seven evidence-based practices that parents, caregivers, and early childhood practitioners can implement to prepare young children for school.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Reviews of Individual Studies
This virtual library contains research studies that have been reviewed by the What Works Clearinghouse and categorized into tiered levels of evidence aligned to the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Creating an Action Plan and Sustaining Efforts to Increase Educator Diversity: A Toolkit for District & School Leaders
This toolkit complements the Connecticut State Department of Education’s resource titled, “Creating a District Plan to Increase the Racial, Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity of Your Education Workforce: A Guidebook for Hiring and Selection”. The toolkit offers additional implementation and progress monitoring guidance, an educator diversity action plan template, and a progress monitoring and self-evaluation tool.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 43 minutes
Creating a District Plan to Increase the Racial, Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity of Your Education Workforce: A Guidebook for Hiring and Selection
This guide offers technical support for schools and school districts looking to develop action plans to increase the diversity of their education workforce. The guide offers an introduction on the importance of a diverse education workforce and features case studies, hiring strategies, self-assessment tools, and supplemental resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 2 minutes
Meals for Kids Site Finder
This online tool helps caregivers and families find free meals for their children when schools are closed, either during summer break or unexpected closures throughout the school year.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Strengthening the OST Workforce: A Guide to Developing Apprenticeships
This guide describes the value of apprenticeships for out-of-school time staff, programs, and field leaders. The guide identifies challenges to address, explores foundational elements of an apprenticeship program, and shares promising practices.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Rebuilding the Pyramid: Reconnecting After a Break
This fact sheet provides practical recommendations for supporting students upon returning to the classroom after extended breaks, including strategies for providing emotional support and reorienting students to school schedules and classroom routines.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
After Action Reviews for Summer Learning Programs: Identifying Lessons Learned to Accelerate Learning
This brief offers key questions and data that State and local education agencies, as well as Tribes, can use to reflect on their summer learning recovery and acceleration programs to ensure continuous improvement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Leveraging National Service in Your Schools
This toolkit for principals and superintendents describes how school districts can partner with AmeriCorps service programs to advance student outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: AmeriCorps
Estimated Engagement Time: 48 minutes
High-Impact Tutoring: District Playbook
This guide is designed for school district staff looking to implement, enhance, or scale high-quality tutoring programs in their districts. The guide provides information on conditions for success, resource allocation and budgeting, stakeholder engagement, partnerships, and continuous improvement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Student Support Accelerator
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 33 minutes
Toolkit for Tutoring Programs
This toolkit defines high-quality tutoring and provides design and implementation tools and guidance for schools looking to create new tutoring programs or improve existing programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Student Support Accelerator
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 hours and 28 minutes
Launching a Grow Your Own Teacher Apprenticeship Program Playbook
This playbook provides tools, templates, and resources to support State and local education agencies in designing and launching Grow Your Own (GYO) Teacher Apprenticeship Programs, based on the successes of the Tennessee Department of Education’s GYO model.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Tennessee Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 21 minutes
America After 3PM
This interactive dashboard presents 2020 data on afterschool and summer programs nationwide, identifying trends in the benefits and challenges associated with enrollment in out-of-school time (OST) programs as well as parents’ perceptions of OST programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Evidence-Based Practices for Recovery and Renewal
This Web page hosts an online repository of research, resources, and tools that are grounded in evidence and that support states, districts, and schools in improving student outcomes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Positive, Proactive Approaches to Supporting Children with Disabilities: A Guide for Stakeholders
This guide offers evidence-based practices and resources to help early childhood and PreK-12 programs meet requirements established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and support the social, emotional, academic, and behavioral needs of children with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 33 minutes
Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2023
This annual report shares data and historical trends on crime and safety at PreK-12 schools and postsecondary institutions nationwide.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
What is a Trauma Informed School?
This guide defines the term "trauma-informed" and describes the foundational characteristics of trauma-informed schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Understanding Trauma and Traumatic Stress
This guide for educators and administrators outlines the different types of traumas that students may experience, describes the effects of trauma on school-age children, and underscores the importance of trauma-informed practices in schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Using Title IX and Other Policies to Support and Affirm LGBTQIA+ Students
This brief for school and district administrators provides an overview of Federal legislative protections for LGBTQIA+ students and offers resources and guidance for developing inclusive school policies that support LGBTQIA+ students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
Asset-Based Approaches to Professional Learning
This document describes the differences between asset-based and deficit-based frameworks in professional development and offers examples of asset-based frameworks that value students’ racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic differences.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Welcoming Immigrant Students in School
This fact sheet outlines requirements and best practices for registering undocumented immigrant children in schools, including practices that protect their civil rights and welcome them as members of the school community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Undocumented students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Strategic Use of Data to Support Recruitment and Retention
This brief details the different types of staff recruitment and retention data available in education agencies and offers guidance for using this data to answer questions and inform staffing decisions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Topical Brief: Social and Emotional Health
This brief summarizes social and emotional health needs among school communities in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and shares state strategies for addressing these needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Supporting Students in Poverty with High-Impact Instructional Strategies Toolkit
This toolkit provides evidence-based instructional strategies that have the potential to decrease the negative impacts of poverty on student achievement.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available for Children Six Months to Five Years Old
This letter shares how COVID-19 vaccines for children six months to five years old can contribute to a layered prevention strategy for maintaining safe in-person operation of schools and early childhood programs during the pandemic and includes recommendations for providers to promote vaccination among this age group.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Supporting School Wellness Toolkit
This online toolkit offers best practices and resources for implementing systems of support for school communities recovering from the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on mental health supports for teachers, students, and families.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Ohio Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Virginia Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans*
This spreadsheet compiles Virginia local education agencies' Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plans as well as their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
*The following document was generated by a third party outside of the Department of Education. As such, the Department is not responsible for its content, nor can it guarantee it is accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need access to an accessible version, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Texas Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Texas Education Agency Website contains Texas local education agencies' Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plans as well as their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Texas Education Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Oregon Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Oregon Department of Education Website shares Oregon local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans as well as their Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
North Dakota Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Website shares North Dakota local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
New Mexico Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This New Mexico Public Education Department Website contains New Mexico local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
New Jersey Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans*
This spreadsheet lists New Jersey local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
*The following document was generated by a third party outside of the Department of Education. As such, the Department is not responsible for its content, nor can it guarantee it is accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need access to an accessible version, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: New Jersey Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Massachusetts Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans*
This spreadsheet compiles Massachusetts local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
*The following document was generated by a third party outside of the Department of Education. As such, the Department is not responsible for its content, nor can it guarantee it is accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need access to an accessible version, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Maryland Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans*
This spreadsheet contains Maryland local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
*The following document was generated by a third party outside of the Department of Education. As such, the Department is not responsible for its content, nor can it guarantee it is accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need access to an accessible version, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Maryland State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Maine Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Maine Department of Education Website contains Maine local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Maine Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Indiana Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans*
This spreadsheet compiles Indiana local education agencies' Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plans as well as their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
*The following document was generated by a third party outside of the Department of Education. As such, the Department is not responsible for its content, nor can it guarantee it is accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need access to an accessible version, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Indiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Alabama Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Alabama State Department of Education Website shares Alabama local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Alabama State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
COVID-19 Resources
This Wyoming Department of Education Website shares information regarding Wyoming’s awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, including local education agencies’ allocations.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Wyoming Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Wyoming State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Wyoming's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Wyoming Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 36 minutes
Wisconsin Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Website shares Wisconsin local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Wisconsin State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Wisconsin's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 4 minutes
West Virginia’s State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts West Virginia's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: West Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 41 minutes
Washington Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Web page hosts a dashboard, made available by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, displaying Washington local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Washington State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Washington's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 58 minutes
Virginia State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Virginia's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 29 minutes
Vermont Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Vermont Agency of Education Website shares Vermont local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Vermont Agency of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Building for the Future: Vermont's Plan for Education Recovery and Beyond
This Web page hosts Vermont's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Vermont Agency of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 27 minutes
Utah Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Utah State Board of Education Website contains Utah local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Utah State Board of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Utah State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Utah's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Utah State Board of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 5 minutes
Texas State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Texas' approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Texas Education Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Tennessee Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Tennessee Department of Education Website contains a dashboard displaying Tennessee local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Tennessee Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Tennessee State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Tennessee's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Tennessee Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes
South Dakota Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This South Dakota Department of Education Website shares South Dakota local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: South Dakota Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
South Dakota State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts South Dakota's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: South Dakota Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 23 minutes
South Carolina Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This South Carolina Department of Education Website shares South Carolina local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: South Carolina Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
South Carolina State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts South Carolina's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: South Carolina Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 53 minutes
Rhode Island State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Rhode Island's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Rhode Island Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 21 minutes
Puerto Rico State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Puerto Rico's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. The Puerto Rico Department of Education serves as the state and local education agency for the island, making this state use of funds plan applicable to spending at the local level as well.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Puerto Rico Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 2 minutes
Pennsylvania Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Pennsylvania Department of Education Website shares Pennsylvania local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Pennsylvania American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund State Plan
This Web page hosts Pennsylvania's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 3 minutes
Oregon State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Oregon's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 10 minutes
Oklahoma Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This document, made available by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, contains Oklahoma local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Oklahoma State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Oklahoma State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Oklahoma's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Oklahoma State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 39 minutes
Ohio Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Ohio Department of Education Website shares Ohio local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Ohio Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Ohio State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Ohio's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Ohio Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 31 minutes
North Dakota State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts North Dakota's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 38 minutes
North Carolina Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Website shares North Carolina local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
North Carolina State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts North Carolina's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
New York Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This New York State Education Department Website shares New York local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: New York State Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
New York State Education Department American Rescue Plan: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief State Plan
This Web page hosts New York's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: New York State Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 hours and 38 minutes
New Mexico State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts New Mexico's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 19 minutes
New Jersey State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts New Jersey's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: New Jersey Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 34 minutes
New Hampshire Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This New Hampshire Department of Education Website shares New Hampshire local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: New Hampshire Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
New Hampshire State Plan: American Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts New Hampshire's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: New Hampshire Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
Nevada Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Nevada Department of Education Website shares Nevada local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Nevada Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Nevada State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Nevada's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Nevada Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 3 minutes
Nebraska Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Nebraska Department of Education Website shares Nebraska local education agencies' Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plans as well as their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Nebraska Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Montana State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Montana's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Montana Office of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 41 minutes
Missouri Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Website contains a dashboard displaying Missouri local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Missouri State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Missouri's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Mississippi Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Mississippi Department of Education Website contains a dashboard displaying Mississippi local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Mississippi Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Mississippi State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Mississippi's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Mississippi Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 58 minutes
Minnesota Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Minnesota Department of Education Website shares Minnesota local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Minnesota Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Minnesota State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Minnesota's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Minnesota Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 47 minutes
Michigan Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This document, made available by the Michigan Department of Education, contains Michigan local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Michigan Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Michigan State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Michigan's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Michigan Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes
Massachusetts State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Massachusetts' approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 38 minutes
Maryland State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Maryland's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Maryland State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 16 minutes
Maine State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Maine's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Maine Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 39 minutes
Louisiana Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This document, made available by the Louisiana Department of Education, contains Louisiana local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Louisiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Louisiana State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Louisiana's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Louisiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 51 minutes
Kentucky Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Kentucky Department of Education Website shares Kentucky local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Kentucky State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Kentucky's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 27 minutes
Kansas Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Kansas State Department of Education Website shares Kansas local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Kansas State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Kansas State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Kansas' approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Kansas State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 34 minutes
Iowa Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Iowa Department of Education Website hosts a dashboard displaying Iowa local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Iowa Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Iowa State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Iowa's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Iowa Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 48 minutes
Indiana State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Indiana's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Indiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 27 minutes
Illinois Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Illinois State Board of Education Website shares Illinois local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Illinois State Board of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Illinois State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Illinois' approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Illinois State Board of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 18 minutes
Idaho Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Idaho State Department of Education Website shares Idaho local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Idaho State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Idaho State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Idaho's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Idaho State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Hawaii State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Hawaii’s approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, as well as additional ARP ESSER plans and reports. The Hawaii State Department of Education serves as the state and local education agency for the island, making these state use of funds plans applicable to spending at the local level as well.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Hawaii State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Florida Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Florida Department of Education Website shares Florida local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Florida Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Florida Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Florida's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Florida Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 hours and 20 minutes
District of Columbia Local Education Agencies' Continuous Education Plans
This Office of the State Superintendent of Education Website shares District of Columbia local education agencies' Continuous Education and Health and Safety plans for the 2021-2022 school year.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
District of Columbia Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts the District of Columbia's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 2 minutes
State of Delaware Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Delaware's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Delaware Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 1 minute
Connecticut Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Web page hosts the Connecticut State Department of Education grant management system, where the public may use the grants search function to access Connecticut local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Connecticut State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Colorado Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Colorado Department of Education Website shares Colorado local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Colorado Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Colorado State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Colorado's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Colorado Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 53 minutes
California State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts California's approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: California Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 4 minutes
Arkansas Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Arkansas Department of Education Website contains Arkansas local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Arkansas Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Arkansas State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Arkansas' approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Arkansas Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Arizona Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Web page hosts the Arizona Department of Education grant management system, where the public may use the grants search function to access Arizona local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Arizona Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund: Arizona State Plan
This Web page hosts Arizona’s approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Arizona Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 51 minutes
Alaska Local Education Agencies' Use of Funds Plans
This Web page hosts the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development grant management system, where the public may use the grants search function to access Alaska local education agencies' American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief use of funds plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: LEA Use of Funds Plans
Organization: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Alaska State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Alaska’s approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 8 minutes
Alabama State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
This Web page hosts Alabama’s approved state plan for the use of their awarded American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: ESSER State Plans
Organization: Alabama State Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting the Social-Emotional Development and Mental Health of Young Children and Their Caregivers
This letter offers recommendations and resources for equitably supporting the mental health and social-emotional development of young children and their caregivers.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Report on the Condition of Education 2022
This report presents research on the current state of the U.S. education system, from PreK-12 to postsecondary outcomes as well as international comparisons.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 12 minutes
Fact Sheet: Sustaining Investments in Teachers Beyond the American Rescue Plan
This fact sheet shares how American Rescue Plan investments in the teaching profession can be sustained long-term using other existing Federal resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers' Practices
This report shares findings from a research study on the impact of individualized, video-based teacher coaching on teachers' practices and student achievement.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Resources for LGBTQI+ Students
This Web page contains resources from the U.S. Department of Education, the White House, and Federal agencies that provide guidance on supporting and protecting the rights of LGBTQI+ students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Children's Social Emotional Development and Mental Health: Why Does It Matter?
This video highlights the value and impact of positive early social and emotional experiences on child development.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
3, 2, 1! High-Dosage Tutoring Takes Off With Mission Acceleration in Mississippi
This blog shares best practices for high-dosage tutoring and highlights a successful Mississippi tutoring program.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
English Language Development Among American Indian English Learner Students in New Mexico
This report shares findings from a study on New Mexico American Indian English learner students’ progress toward English language proficiency.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 36 minutes
Rooting Social and Emotional Well-Being Efforts in Equity: A Reflection Guide
This tool for educators and administrators shares guided reflection questions and supplemental resources for assessing equity within systems of social and emotional well-being.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Self-Affirmation: A Powerful Tool for Addressing Stereotype Threat
This fact sheet describes the research base for self-affirmation as a strategy to disrupt stereotype threat and improve academic outcomes for Black and Latinx students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Working Respectfully With Indigenous Communities Around Data, Research, and Evidence
This resource for state education agency staff introduces six guiding principles for effectively collaborating with Tribal communities to advance educational outcomes for Native students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Joyful Reading and Creative Expression with Young Children
This guide provides strategies, templates, and supplemental resources for conducting reading activities with young children.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes
Mental Health/Social-Emotional-Behavioral Well-Being
This Web page explores an Interconnected Systems Framework that integrates positive behavioral interventions and supports systems with school mental health and social-emotional wellness systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Suite of Resources to Promote Student Mental Health
This suite of resources is designed to support education agencies in developing and implementing comprehensive student mental health programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Building Student Resilience Toolkit
This professional learning resource for middle and junior high school teachers contains four modules that provide tools for helping strengthen students' resilience against adversity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Self-Care Strategies for Educators During the Coronavirus Crisis: Supporting Personal Social and Emotional Well-Being
This brief for educators shares self-care strategies to practice during times of stress and disruption, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Discover Summer
This searchable online database helps parents and families discover and access programs, meals, parent tips, and resources to keep children safe, healthy, and learning during the summer.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Summer Learning Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Camp Cajon
This video shares information about Camp Cajon, a free summer learning and enrichment program hosted by the Cajon Valley Unified School District. This camp-like summer program incorporates arts, sports, STEM, and outdoors activities to engage students and accelerate learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources, Implementation Stories
Organization: Cajon Valley Unified School District, California
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
District Student Wellbeing Services Reflection Tool
This customizable reflection tool supports schools and districts with assessing their current student wellbeing and mental health service and support systems, identifying areas in need of improvement or expansion, and developing plans for scaling and increasing student access to services.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 17 minutes
American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY)
This Web page shares spotlight stories of how states and districts are using their American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) funds to support students experiencing homelessness and provides tools and resources to support the strategic deployment of ARP-HCY funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: SchoolHouse Connection
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Investment in Action: Telling the Story of How Federal Pandemic Recovery Funds are Supporting Students
This resource showcases examples of states and school districts throughout the country communicating their progress in deploying historic Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, engaging their communities, and ensuring transparency throughout the process.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Recognizing the Role of Research and Evidence in Out-of-School Time
This series of guides helps states and districts improve their understanding of the evidence base behind out-of-school time programs as they look to meet the requirements that American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds be allocated toward evidence-based programs to address learning loss.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Institutes for Research
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Smarter Summers. Brighter Futures. A Summer Playbook for PTA and School Leaders
This playbook for parents and school leaders offers strategies and resources for strengthening existing summer learning programs, including tips for bolstering family-school engagement and communication, initiatives to help programs gain community support, and ideas for fun activities to add to programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Summer Learning Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Summer Learning Recruitment Guide
This guide provides best practices, lessons learned, and useful tools and sample materials for effective family and community outreach and student recruitment for summer learning and enrichment programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Wallace Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 56 minutes
Summer Learning Toolkit
This online toolkit shares actionable tools, customizable templates, and resources to support the development and implementation of high-quality summer learning and enrichment programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Wallace Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
OESE Back-to-School Success Stories
This Web page shares testimonials from school officials, parents, teachers, students, and school community members highlighting the hard work schools are doing and have done amid the COVID-19 pandemic to successfully reopen schools and keep students and staff safe and healthy.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Video Series: Teachers Who Shaped Us
This video series highlights stories of influential Indiana educators and the impacts they make on students’ lives, communities, and the state.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Indiana Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Addressing Educator Burnout and Demoralization: Actions for Administrators
This fact sheet for school administrators offers actionable strategies for addressing educator and staff burnout and demoralization, with an emphasis on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
How District Leaders Can Create Caring Organizations
This resource for education leaders provides guidance on creating systems of care that support the well-being of educators, staff, and students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Phi Delta Kappan
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Social and Emotional Supports for Educators During and After the Pandemic
This article focuses on social and emotional supports for educators, including information on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for developing systems of support.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center for American Progress
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
A Comprehensive School Employee Wellness Approach Can Reduce Staff Stress and Attrition
This Web page presents the Comprehensive School Employee Wellness Framework— a model for understanding the systems and conditions that affect educator and staff mental health— and provides considerations for improving employee wellness programs and supports.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Child Trends
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
America's School Mental Health Report Card
This report shares facts about youth mental health and explores states' school mental health policies.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Hopeful Futures Campaign
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 hours and 44 minutes
Child and Adolescent Mental Health During COVID-19: Considerations for Schools and Early Childhood Providers
This brief shares findings from research on the impact of COVID-19 on child and adolescent mental health and discusses school-based strategies for addressing these impacts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources, Innovative Spotlight
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Centering Equity in Social Emotional Learning
This Equity Tool assists education leaders in evaluating their Social Emotional Learning frameworks to support a shift toward an equity-focused approach.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Great Lakes Equity Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Teacher Projections for English Learners
This fact sheet shares five-year projections of the availability of English Learner instructors throughout the United States.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Education Technology Needs and State Strategies for Strengthening Remote Learning
This brief summarizes education technology needs and strategies implemented to address these needs in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia to support remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Getting to the Root Cause to Support Continuous Improvement
This blog article describes how to conduct a root cause analysis to support continuous improvement efforts.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Social Emotional Learning
This Web page shares a virtual library of resources on supporting students’ social and emotional learning and mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Educational Laboratory Program
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Connecting the Brain and Body to Support Equity Work: A Toolkit for Education Leaders
This toolkit shares information on the connections between the brain and behavior in the context of educational equity work and provides strategies to support education leaders in understanding and responding to their physical and emotional needs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Teaching and Learning as Cultural Endeavors
This brief shares research and examples of culture in the context of teaching and learning and provides additional resources on cultural pedagogies.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 31 minutes
Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Multilingual Learners and Their Social and Emotional Well-Being
This fact sheet describes the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on English learners and provides recommendations for creating supportive learning environments to help English learners overcome these effects.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement
This resource outlines the U.S. Department of Education’s updated strategy for improving education and preparing students to engage with the international community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
The State of Preschool Yearbook 2021
This Website presents research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on preschool programs during the 2020-2021 school year and provides policy recommendations for expanding access to high-quality, full-day preschool.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: National Institute of Early Education Research
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
From Recovery to Thriving: How the American Rescue Plan is Supporting America’s Students
This Web page shares examples of how philanthropic and summer learning communities are helping states and districts maximize the impact of American Rescue Plan funds. The Website also hosts recordings from the U.S. Department of Education's virtual summit, From Recovery to Thriving: How the American Rescue Plan is Supporting America’s Students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Managing Teacher Leadership
This online training course supports schools and school districts in developing, implementing, and evaluating teacher leadership programs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Career and Technical Education: Preparing K-12 Multilingual Learners for Postsecondary Education and Careers
This infographic details the benefits of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for multilingual learners and shares strategies for expanding equitable access to CTE programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Training on Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity
This resource explores how training in neuroscience and neuroplasticity can help school personnel understand brain development and implement trauma-informed practices to support students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center for Educational Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Resources Especially for Military Families
This Web page provides a list of resources to support military families navigating special education services.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Military-connected students; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center for Parent Information and Resources
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How Can Integrating Music Into Your Classroom Benefit Student Learning and Development?
This blog post offers research-based strategies for integrating music into classroom experiences.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Addressing Human Trafficking in America’s Schools: Staff Development Series
This professional development video series provides educators with an introduction to human trafficking, including information on how school staff can respond to suspected incidents of trafficking and how schools can protect students and prevent trafficking from occurring.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Talent Management Alignment Workbook: An Introduction
This Web resource explores how state education leaders can assess the strength and alignment of their talent management policies and practices.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 14 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Learning From Young People About How Safe and Supportive Conditions at Home Can Inform School Climate
This report details a series of interviews with students reflecting on their experiences with remote and hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting lessons learned for improving instructional practices and school climate.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned, Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey
This Web page summarizes findings from the CDC Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, a study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on high school students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Keeping the Promise: Education and Afghan Resettlement
This Website features a curated collection of Federal resources to support education providers serving Afghan students and families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Resources for Education Providers and Families
This Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Website hosts a collection of resources, Webinars, guidance documents, and tools, organized by topic and audience, to support the needs of school communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Social Emotional and Behavioral Support
This Web page offers tools and resources for supporting the social, emotional, and behavioral well-being of the whole school community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Serving the Whole Person: An Alignment and Coherence Guide for State Education Agencies
This guide is designed to help state education agency leaders advance educational equity by strengthening the foundation of whole-child initiatives.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 19 minutes
Teaching Math to Young Children for Families and Caregivers
This Web page provides at-home resources and activities for teaching math skills to young children.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Resources Related to Teacher Shortages and Strengthening the Workforce
This blog post shares resources to support districts and schools in understanding the causes of teacher shortages and identifying strategies for strengthening the educator workforce and improving working conditions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Instructional Practices That Integrate Equity-Centered Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
This research brief explores the connections between social, emotional, and academic learning, and offers equity-centered strategies for creating affirming learning environments that promote social and emotional learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 8 minutes
2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress High School Transcript Study
This Web page presents findings from a research study examining the courses taken, and credits and grades received by high school graduate students in public and private schools in 2019.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences; National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
School-Based Health Services Resources
This curated resource list provides access to Federal resources on school-based physical, social, emotional, and behavioral health supports for children, youth, and young adults.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 37 minutes
#ARPStars Communications Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help districts and schools communicate their progress in deploying American Rescue Plan funding to maintain safe learning environments and support students and staff.
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Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Planning Guide for Starting Dual Language Programs
This tool helps state and local education leaders plan, implement, and evaluate dual language programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 59 minutes
Foundations of Equity-Centered MTSS
This report offers considerations for implementing equity-centered, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS).
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Equity Express: Radical Self and Community Care
This fact sheet defines the concepts of radical self-care and community care and provides information and resources for incorporating self and community care in equity-centered work, particularly within marginalized communities.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Four Instructional Practices for Bolstering English Learner Achievement in Grades K–12
This blog article provides evidence-based instructional practices and resources for supporting English learners’ academic achievement.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Alaska's Reading Playbook
This guide for Alaska educators provides tools, examples, and strategies for reading instruction, with considerations for students who speak Alaska Native languages.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development; Region 16 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes
Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9
This practice guide by the What Works Clearinghouse offers evidence-based strategies and recommendations for delivering reading interventions for students in grades 4–9.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 hours and 54 minutes
Letter to Educators and Parents Regarding New CDC Recommendations and their Impact on Children with Disabilities
This letter from Secretary Dr. Cardona offers clarity on recent CDC updates and provides information and resources to support school communities as they work to ensure a safe, inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Out of School Time Providers Innovate to Support School-Aged Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This essay published by the CDC details how Out of School Time programs supported students during the 2020-2021 school year amid schools' transitions to remote learning, helping curb inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Clean Air in Buildings Challenge: Best Practices Guide
The guide from the Environmental Protection Agency provides best practices, recommendations, and resources for improving indoor air quality in buildings to reduce the risk of the airborne spread of viruses like COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Addressing Teacher Shortages with Differentiated Staffing Models
This article discusses the topic of teacher shortages amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights research on shifts in school staffing models.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Institutes for Research
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
2022 School Pulse Panel
This Web page presents findings from the 2022 School Pulse Panel, a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from a national sample of elementary, middle, high, and combined-grade public schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide
This guide, available in both English and Spanish languages, offers recommendations and resources for parents and families for monitoring and supporting their child(ren) with digital learning.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
School Leader Digital Learning Guide
This guide for school leaders shares digital learning principles and practices, and provides recommendations for planning, implementing, and maintaining learning programs that make use of technology and digital tools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 40 minutes
Teacher Digital Learning Guide
This guide for educators provides resources and recommendations for using technology and digital tools to personalize and strengthen student learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 39 minutes
Technology Use With English Learners
This fact sheet for educators shares research, guiding principles, and targeted strategies for using educational technology and digital tools with English Learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office for English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Disability Rights Web Page
This Web page offers information and resources on student disability rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Highlights of Approved ARP ESSER Fund State Plan Investments Related to Career and Technical Education
This fact sheet highlights research on Career and Technical Education (CTE) and provides examples of how state education agencies plan to use American Rescue Plan funding to advance CTE in their state.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Letter from Secretary Cardona: CDC Guidelines
This letter from Education Secretary Dr. Cardona outlines new changes in masking guidelines for schools and early childhood facilities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Critical Consciousness for Inquiry and Critique: The DAPP Tool
The DAPP (Difference & Dissonance, Assumptions, Power, and Patterns) Tool helps school stakeholders engage in intentional reflection, develop critical consciousness, and undertake more equitable actions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Considering Native Students: A Learning and Programming Toolkit for SEAs, LEAs, and Tribes
This toolkit is designed to support state education agencies, local education agencies, and Tribal Education Departments in developing programming to advance educational outcomes for Native students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
College in High School Programs & COVID-19: Two Years of Challenge and Change
This report for practitioners and policymakers outlines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college in high school programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: College in High School Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 25 minutes
State Approaches to Ensuring Quality in College in High School Programs
This policy snapshot summarizes various state approaches to regulation and quality assurance of college in high school programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College in High School Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Building a Concurrent Enrollment Teacher Pipeline: Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons
This report describes the challenges of recruiting teachers for college in high school programs and offers best practices for addressing these challenges.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College in High School Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Funding for Equity: Designing State Dual Enrollment Funding Models to Close Equity Gaps
This report shares research and best practices for designing state funding models that increase equity in dual enrollment programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College in High School Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 30 minutes
Unlocking Potential: A State Policy Roadmap for Equity and Quality in College in High School Programs
This resource offers policy recommendations for states looking to implement or expand access to programs that allow high school students to earn college credits, also known as college in high school programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College in High School Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 28 minutes
What is Social-Emotional Learning?
This fact sheet describes what social emotional learning is, what it is not, and why social-emotional learning skills matter.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Social-Emotional Learning, School Safety, and School Climate
This fact sheet shares research on how social emotional learning can help foster positive classroom and school climates and prevent school violence.
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Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Social-Emotional Learning and Youth Suicide Prevention
This fact sheet explains how social emotional learning skills can address and mitigate risk factors for youth suicide.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Trauma-Informed Practices and Social-Emotional Learning
This fact sheet provides research and policy recommendations for connecting social emotional learning to trauma-informed practices to create a safe and supportive learning environment.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Social-Emotional Learning Can Promote Mental Wellness: Essential in Times of Crisis
This fact sheet describes the importance of universal social emotional learning during the COVID-19 pandemic to support student mental health and well-being.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Mental Health and Social-Emotional Learning Supports
This fact sheet compares the mental health supports needed by students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering tiered strategies for addressing these needs in both in-person and remote learning environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Social-Emotional Learning, Digital Citizenship, and Media Literacy
This fact sheet connects social emotional learning (SEL) to the development of digital citizenship and media literacy skills, sharing how SEL can provide a foundation for helping keep students safe online.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Committee for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Centering Student Voice in Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies for Lasting Change
This guide outlines strategies for centering student voice and perspectives in social and emotional learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Using Technology to Build Relationships and Support Young Children's Learning During the Pandemic
This resource describes how technology was used at the Lucy Brock Child Development Lab Program at Appalachian State University to support children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Student parents; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds; Students in or formerly in foster care
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Appalachian State University
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Supporting our Youngest Learners: Trauma, Mental Health Concerns, and Social Emotional Wellness
This video details the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children's social and emotional wellness and provides guidance on implementing trauma-informed practices for early childhood programs.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Leveraging Reset Opportunities to Help Students and Staff Thrive
This series of fact sheets presents research-based practices for using extended school breaks and closures to examine and improve instructional practices to best support teachers, school staff, and students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Supporting and Responding to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs: Evidence-Based Practices for Educators
This guide describes a system of positive and proactive practices for supporting students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs in the classroom and contains steps for implementation, practice activities, and a self-assessment.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Estimated Engagement Time: 55 minutes
Behavior Management
This Web page details behavior management strategies that teachers and school staff can use to promote positive classroom behavior and school connectedness.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Stress and Short Tempers: Schools Struggle with Behavior as Students Return
Authored by the non-profit news organization, Chalkbeat, this article describes an increase in students' emotional and behavioral responses as they readjust to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides promising strategies for supporting students during this time.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Chalkbeat
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
COVID-19 Back-to-Classroom THINK Toolbox
This toolbox provides best practices and resources for acknowledging and addressing the emotional responses that whole school communities have experienced upon returning to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Washington State Department of Health
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 9 minutes
Using American Rescue Plan Funds and Other Federal Supports to Address Staff Shortages
This fact sheet offers evidence-based strategies for using American Rescue Plan funds to address staff shortages and shares examples of states that have successfully employed these strategies.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Using American Rescue Plan Funds and Other Federal Resources to Address Teacher Shortages
This fact sheet offers evidence-based strategies for using American Rescue Plan funds to address teacher shortages and shares examples of states that have successfully employed these strategies.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Managing Mental Wellness: Tools for Yourself, Your Students, and Your Classroom
This toolkit provides educators with strategies for managing their own wellbeing, as well as activities and tools to support students' social and emotional learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
Estimated Engagement Time: 39 minutes
The American Rescue Plan Act Partnership, Assistance, Transformation, and Heightened Support Resource for States
This tool provides a template for state education agencies to share their progress and best practices deploying American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Testing as an Alternative to Quarantining: Key Considerations and Best Practices for Implementing Test to Stay
This resource provides guidance on designing and implementing a school-based Test to Stay program as an additional mitigation strategy for maintaining in-person instruction and protecting the health and safety of students and staff amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Rockefeller Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
National Association for Music Education COVID-19 Resources
This Web page contains resources on safe music instruction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association for Music Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
The Virgin Islands Department of
Education’s Guide to Safely
Reopen Schools
This Website for education stakeholders in the U.S. Virgin Islands shares resources related to education and the COVID-19 pandemic, including a guide for the 2021–2022 school year.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: The Virgin Islands Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
COVID-19 Information
This Web page provides information related to education and the COVID-19 pandemic in Guam.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Guam Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
COVID-19 Resources
This Web page offers information, updates, and resources related to education and the COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Wyoming Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
COVID-19 Resource Center
This Website for school districts in Vermont shares information and resources related to continuity of learning, COVID-19 testing and recommendations, and Federal relief funding.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: State of Vermont Agency of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Resources Related to COVID-19
This Web page provides a curated list of resources and guidance documents related to education and the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Nevada Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Launch Nebraska
This Web page shares Nebraska's Framework for School Renewal and Acceleration, which includes planned actions and considerations for the 2021-2022 school year.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Nebraska Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Acceleration and Evidence-Based Instruction: Planning for Learning During the 21-22 School Year
This Website offers guidance and resources for Montana educators and administrators on learning acceleration, assessment, professional learning, and summer enrichment opportunities during and after the 2021–2022 school year.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Montana Office of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Healthy Schools
This Web page shares information supporting health and wellness at Mississippi schools both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Mississippi Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Kansas Department of Health and Environment COVID-19 Response
This Website provides details on Kansas’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including information and resources for K-12 schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
COVID Relief Funding Resources
This Web page shares information and resources for Alaska school districts, families, and the public related to COVID relief funding and considerations for school closures.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Support
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Leveraging Flexible Teacher Certification Policies to Address the Bilingual Teacher Shortage
This brief shares strategies that state education agencies may use to provide flexibilities to teacher certification policies in order to address bilingual teacher shortages.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Texas School Mental Health Practice Guide and Toolkit
This comprehensive toolkit offers best practices and tools for local education agencies to implement or strengthen school mental health systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Texas Education Agency
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Afghan Children and Families
This letter shares Federal guidance and resources for state and local education agencies welcoming Afghan children and families into their communities, highlighting the need for provision of high-quality, culturally responsive educational experiences for these students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Examining the Implementation and Impact of Full-Day Kindergarten in Oregon
This research study analyzes the implementation and impact of full-day Kindergarten programs in Oregon.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Branching Out: Using Decision Trees to Inform Education Decisions
This guide to Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis can help data analysts and research directors at state and local education agencies use CART analysis to inform education decisions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
California’s Special Education Local Plan Areas: Funding Patterns, Inclusion Rates, and Student Outcomes
This research report examines the funding patterns, student inclusion rates, and student academic outcomes associated with different types of Special Education Local Plan Areas in California.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Tribal Consultation Toolkit
This toolkit supports state and local education agencies’ engagement initiatives to incorporate feedback from Tribes in their decisions about use of Federal stimulus funds. The toolkit also offers resources for culturally responsive education for indigenous students and reinforces intentional and sustained collaboration between schools and tribal communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Brief
This brief provides an overview of cost-effectiveness analysis, outlining how this analysis can inform school and district decisions about the use of American Rescue Plan funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Communities of Practice for States
The National Comprehensive Center is convening three Communities of Practice (COPs), providing opportunities for state education agencies and their local partners to discuss issues facing their communities and build capacity to address these issues. These COPs will engage participants in topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and strategic uses of stimulus funds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Dear Colleague Letter: Teacher and Staff Shortages and ARP ESSER Funding
In this letter, Education Secretary Dr. Cardona shares evidence-based practices for addressing teacher and staff shortages using Federal relief funds and highlights examples of how state education agencies and local school districts are implementing these practices.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
2022: Staying In School In-Person
This Federal resource details four important strategies for keeping schools open for in-person learning in 2022 and protecting the health and safety of students and staff: vaccination, testing programs, collaboration with local health departments, and monitoring community transmission levels.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Preparedness for Child Care Providers
This free, online course by the Federal Emergency Management Agency supports childcare providers' preparedness for a variety of threats and hazards, including infectious disease outbreaks. The course includes safety considerations for child-care centers, preschools, and after-school and summer programs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours
Reviewing Research Studies: Examples and Applications
This infographic for state and local education agency staff shares examples of research reviews to illustrate the basic elements of high-quality research and help users identify evidence-based interventions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
The Basics of Reviewing a Research Study
This infographic helps state and local education agency staff understand the basic elements of high-quality research to identify evidence-based interventions.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Effect Size Basics: Understanding the Strength of a Program's Impact
This infographic helps users understand and interpret effect sizes in the context of research on policies, curricula, interventions, and programs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Attendance Supports Reflection Tool for SEAs
This tool helps guide state education agency staff in reviewing their attendance guidance and supports to local education agencies, as well as identifying opportunities to strengthen guidance and supports across an array of instructional settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Attendance Supports Reflection Tool for LEAs
This tool helps guide local education agency staff in reviewing and strengthening attendance policies to increase attendance and student engagement across an array of instructional settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
How to Text Message Parents to Reduce Chronic Absence Using an Evidence-Based Approach
This guide, based on a research study by the Institute of Education Sciences, provides districts with information and tools to implement a text-messaging program to improve elementary student attendance.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 57 minutes
COVID-19 Data Dashboard
Developed by the U.S. Department of Education in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this dashboard shares current COVID-19 data and the impact of COVID-19 on K-12 schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
In this Surgeon General's Advisory, Dr. Vivek Murthy addresses the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth, discussing long-standing challenges as well as actionable steps that communities, including families and schools, can take to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and protect youth mental health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Office of the Surgeon General
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
Family Frequently Asked Questions About Testing
This short fact sheet provides answers to common questions that families may have about school-based COVID-19 testing programs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Rockefeller Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Start-Up Guide for COVID-19 Testing in Schools
This one-page guide offers resources to help schools implement COVID-19 testing programs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Rockefeller Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Toolkit: Strategies to Build Relationships with Students
This toolkit for educators provides strategies for building positive, trusting relationships with students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Turnaround for Children
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
Integrating Social and Emotional Learning throughout the School System: A Compendium of Resources for District Leaders
This guide offers resources for district leaders to use in implementing systems-level supports to ensure that social emotional learning is integrated into the full educational experiences of their students, families, staff, and community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 31 minutes
Supporting Young English Learners at Home: Family and Caregiver Activities
This Web page shares simple, fun activities for families and caregivers to support and strengthen young English learners' language development at home. The activities are downloadable, available in multiple languages, and are accompanied by videos demonstrating the activities in use.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español; عربي; Tiếng Việt; 中国人; 中國人; Soomaali; Kreyòl ayisyen; زبان دری ; Tagalog
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Increasing Diversity in Teacher Education Programs
This article is part of the "Ask a REL" series, where researchers respond to questions from the education field with research literature reviews. In this Q&A, researchers respond to a question on how to increase enrollment of candidates of color in teacher education programs.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Supporting Academic Performance of Native American Students
This article is part of the "Ask a REL'' series, where researchers from Regional Educational Laboratories respond to questions from the education field with research literature reviews. In this Q&A, researchers respond to the question "What factors support academic performance or achievement among Native American, American Indian, Native Alaskan, or other indigenous populations in the United States?"
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
Using Data to Promote Equity in School Discipline
This training series aims to help schools and districts improve their school discipline policies and practices. The series guides users through using data to analyze current practices, identifying evidence-based interventions, developing an action plan to address policies disproportionately affecting students of color or students with disabilities, and integrating ongoing continuous improvement practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Supporting Black Students’ Excellence
This video highlights one school district's strategies for improving educational outcomes for Black students and connects these strategies to a research review of promising practices educators can use to support Black students. The video is accompanied by a viewing guide and the full research review.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Including Voice in Education: Addressing Equity Through Student and Family Voice in Classroom Learning
This series of fact sheets offers strategies for educators to incorporate student voice and family voice into classroom experiences, thereby promoting culturally responsive learning environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Advancing Equity: Five Districts Focus on Improving Outcomes of Black and Latinx Students
This blog post shares examples of schools and districts creating safe and strengths-based environments to facilitate equitable learning for Black and Latinx students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Campus Safety Presentation
This presentation reflects one local education agency's initiatives to share their reopening plan and mitigation strategies with their school community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Iberville STEM Academy
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
University of Memphis - University Middle School Reopening Guide
This planning document shares reopening guidance and best practices from the University of Memphis' University Middle School.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: University of Memphis
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
School Reopening Planning Workbook: A Tool for School Districts
This workbook is a baseline plan district leaders can use to inform policies and operational decisions about reopening schools following closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
10 Tips for Teaching the Psychological First Aid Model for K-12 Education Agencies
This tip sheet provides 10 tips for educators and school personnel to support the implementation of Psychological First Aid before, during, and after emergency events.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Dear School Safety Partner: Cybersecurity and Cyber Safety
This TA Snapshot describes cybersecurity for schools and steps education agencies can take, with the collaboration of parents, to protect student privacy while increasing the use of digital learning and video-sharing platforms in response to COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
SITE ASSESS Application
This mobile application for education agencies allows personnel to walk around buildings and grounds and conduct a site assessment. The app equips practitioners with information and knowledge about fundamental site assessment topics, allows users to add locality- and state-specific questions, and exports site assessment data for data analysis and recordkeeping.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Using Assessments to Identify and Address COVID-19 Learning Gaps Flyer
This flyer accompanies Regional Education Laboratory Central's "Using Assessments to Identify and Address COVID-19 Learning Gaps" webinar. The flyer shares questions to consider as well as links to evidence-based recommendations and additional resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Using Assessments to Identify and Address COVID-19 Learning Gaps Webinar
This webinar presents considerations and strategies for conducting assessments as students return to school during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 45 minutes
Guide for Developing Emergency Operations Plans for Institutions of Higher Education
This virtual training guide focuses on higher ed emergency operations plans (EOPs), including the recommended planning process and key considerations for creating, revising, and enhancing high-quality EOPs. The six-step planning process is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate an institution’s unique characteristics and situation.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Children and students with disabilities
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 17 minutes
Cybersecurity Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes cybersecurity considerations for institutions of higher education (IHEs). The fact sheet includes background information on threats facing IHE systems and networks and provides strategies to prepare for threats, respond to and recover from threats, as well as details on how this topic relates to overall emergency operations plan development and school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools TA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Long Beach Community College Framework for Reconciliation
This Web page shares Long Beach Community College's ongoing restorative approach to acknowledging and repairing the harm done by systemic racial injustice and inequity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Long Beach Community College District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Five Guiding Principles to Improving School Facilities
This resource includes information to help PreK-12 school districts use Federal COVID-19 relief funding for school building improvements.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Center for Green Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
COVID-19 Testing in K-12 Settings: A Playbook for Educators and Leaders
This playbook offers detailed, step-by step guidance to support educators, leaders, and their public health partners implement COVID-19 testing programs in schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Testing for America
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
New Mexico Public Education Department's Social Emotional Learning Framework
This guide offers a foundation for the implementation of social emotional learning programs throughout the State of New Mexico, representing both best practices for student success and a coordinated, trauma-informed response to student needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
COVID-19 Testing in K-12 Settings: '"Day in the Life Of" Case Studies
These case studies help systems simulate COVID-19 testing during a typical school day for students, staff, and families. The resources can be used to test processes, identify gaps, refine plans, and share those plans with the community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 38 minutes
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Programs Frequently Asked Questions
This resource is designed for school and district leaders to use as they consider common questions regarding COVID-19 screening, testing, and vaccination programs for their education systems.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 36 minutes
Consolidated Tabletop Resources for Implementation of COVID-19 Testing in K-12 Settings
This series of interactive tabletop exercises can help districts develop and refine their COVID-19 testing program. The exercises guide educators as they consider key questions such as how often to test students and staff; where and how to set up testing facilities; how to obtain consent for testing; and how to manage inventory, collect samples, communicate test results, track testing data, and dispose of personal protective equipment.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 56 minutes
"Day in the Life Of" Simulations
This set of "day in the life" simulations can help school administrators and planners simulate a typical school day for students, staff, and families. These exercises help test proposed processes, identify gaps, refine plans, and support information-sharing with the school community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Behavioral Telehealth Implementation Guide
This guide shares considerations for implementing and scaling behavioral telehealth supports for students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
;
Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Children Youth Community Rhode Island
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Leaning into Personalization to Support Students and Adults During COVID-19
This guide presents research on personalized approaches to meeting student needs, highlighting lessons learned from pandemic-related school closures and the subsequent transition to distance learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: City Year, Inc.
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Arts & Physical Education Re-Entry: A Disciplined Approach to Active and Creative Learning
This comprehensive guide offers considerations for reopening arts and physical education programs following school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Arizona Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 26 minutes
Home at Heritage – HCU COVID-19 Campus Re-entry Plan
This resource outlines one university's approach to reopening campus in the Spring 2021 semester.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Heritage Christian University
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Out-of-School Time Programs: Paving the Way for Children to Find Passion, Purpose & Voice - Parent, Teacher & OST Provider
This resource provides results from an enhanced national survey on the differentiated role that out-of-school-time (OST) programs play in youth development compared with home and school, how parents assess quality in OST programs, and the impact of COVID-19. Parents have three priorities that they want OST programs to address: addressing their children’s social and emotional health, providing them with physical outdoor activities, and helping them discover their passion and purpose.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Edge Research, Learning Heroes
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Comprehensive District Self-Assessment
This district self-assessment outlines the beliefs, policies, and practices critical to building and fostering culturally responsive and sustaining learning environments, and it aims to support districts in developing and investing in such environments.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools at New York University
Estimated Engagement Time: 56 minutes
Conversations with Kids: Walking the Road to Reinvention
This collection of tools, including a conversation guide, student survey, and reflection tool, aim to elevate youth voices in order to redesign schools into equitable environments for 21st-century learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Transcend
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Selected COVID -19 Resources – SEL Center at WestEd
This list of external, individual resources offers support to States, districts, and schools as they serve students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional
Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Selected Race & Equity Resources – SEL Center at WestEd
This suite of resources is intended to support schools, districts, and States in advancing racial justice and creating more equitable systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional
Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The Move Towards a More Comprehensive Approach to School Safety in Ohio
This presentation discusses how approaches to school safety have evolved to become more comprehensive. In the past, school safety had focused primarily on emergency preparedness, whereas school safety approaches now include preventative strategies related to physical safety, school climate, mental health, and more. The presentation also highlights the collaboration of three State agencies on a strategic framework and guidance for the field on the State’s comprehensive approach to school safety.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional
Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Leading Voices: Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments – Dr. Christina Pate in Conversation with State and District Leaders
This recorded session is the first in the Leading Voices online conversation series, highlighting scholarly and practitioner perspectives on education issues. This session supports the creation of conditions necessary for equitable teaching and learning. In this session, WestEd staff lead a conversation with the Program Manager for Safe and Supportive Learning Environments at the New Mexico Public Education Department and the Director of Social and Emotional Learning in Atlanta Public Schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
The Toolkit Before the Toolkit: Centering Adaptive and Relational Elements of Restorative Practices for Implementation Success
This toolkit is a resource on implementing restorative practices. Many educators mistakenly assume that restorative practices are merely responsive, focused on repairing harm to relationships as an alternative to traditional disciplinary approaches that focus on punitive responses to rule infractions. On the contrary, restorative practices are characterized by proactive relationships, connection, and community transformation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional
Learning and School Safety at WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Beyond SEL: Stories of Well-Being, Connection, and Equity in Schools
This audio gallery helps educators equitably serve the whole-person needs of their communities. Each audiocast shares a story from an American public school or district, describing its innovative, evidence-based approach to this work. Each audiocast is paired with a brief that summarizes the story and offers related resources. The series also includes a companion implementation guide that will help educators adapt these practices for their own schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: WestEd
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Regional Educational Laboratory West: Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School
This report details a study by the Regional Educational Laboratory West on the predictive relationship between academic mindsets and behaviors among grade 5 students in Nevada and their academic outcomes in grade 6. Authors highlight the importance of the middle school years for later academic success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Looking Back to Face What is Ahead: District Strategies to Engage with English Learner Students, Students with Disabilities, and their Families
This public television program focuses on research-based evidence related to student and family engagement and changes in learning supports throughout the pandemic. The program presents strategies and promising practices used by two Illinois districts to support students with disabilities and English learner students during the pandemic and into the future.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English Learners; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Supporting Children’s Early Reading Instruction at Home
This Web page hosts a series of easy-to-use guides designed to help families, afterschool providers, and other caregivers support children in kindergarten through grade 3 with early reading instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Supporting Children’s Early Math Instruction at Home
This Web page hosts a series of easy-to-use guides designed to help families, afterschool providers, and other caregivers support children in kindergarten through grade 3 with early math instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Family Engagement for Literacy
This resource supports educators in building family partnerships to enhance students’ literacy development at school and at home.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Tools and Guidance for Evaluating Bias in Instructional Materials
This report summarizes identified resources and tools that can be used by instructional teams to evaluate and assess bias in curricular materials.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Community Math Nights - Fall 2019
This handout describes a fall 2019 Community Math Night event. Materials include a facilitator’s guide, with planning tools, activities, and handouts, and a presentation on math attitudes and growth mindset that is intended to be shared with educators and families at the beginning of the event.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Community Math Nights - Spring 2019
This handout describes a spring 2019 Community Math Night event. Materials include a facilitator’s guide, with planning tools, activities, and handouts, and a presentation on math attitudes and growth mindset that is intended to be shared with educators and families at the beginning of the event.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Education Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Count Us In: Advancing Equity in Rural Schools and Communities
This report is a compilation of essays, articles, and research on the question: how do we, as a society, value and support rural students and families?
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds; LGBTQIA students, Undocumented students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 1 Equity Assistance Center (Center for Education Equity)
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Time to Act: How School Superintendents Keep Equity at the Center of Their Leadership
This resource guide helps district and school leaders increase equity by shifting mindsets away from historical and systemic inequalities and by acting to provide equity-centered leadership.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 1 Equity Assistance Center (Center for Education Equity)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 36 minutes
Reopening Instructional Programs for Our Most Vulnerable Students: A Reopening Guidebook for the 2020-2021 School Year
This handbook outlines evidence-based practices for supporting historically underserved students during the pandemic and return to school.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English Learners; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 3 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 43 minutes
Western Oregon University COVID-19 Project Outreach and Engagement
This Web page highlights Western Oregon University's community outreach activities, designed to promote COVID-19 vaccination and distribute health and wellness information, resources, and supplies to the surrounding community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories
Organization: Western Oregon University
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Back-to-School Week: Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse
This presentation contains general information regarding the U.S. Department of Education's Back-to-School Week event, including daily agendas, presenter information, and topical resources spanning the 5-day event.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
U.S. Department of Education: Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs
This resource is intended to supplement the information in the ED COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools; Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students’ Needs; and Volume 3: Strategies for Safe Operation and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Staff by providing focused information and resources to promote mental health and social and emotional well-being among students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes
President Biden Announces Update on Operational Planning for COVID-19 Vaccinations for Kids Ages 5-11
This fact sheet presents the Biden Administration’s announcement of a plan to ensure that, if a vaccine is authorized for children ages 5-11, it will be quickly distributed and made conveniently and equitably available to families across the country. This announcement is in anticipation of the Federal Drug Administration’s independent advisory committee meeting on October 26, 2021, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory committee meeting on November 2-3, 2021.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: The White House
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
General Music Town Hall: Suggestions and Answers for Teaching During the 2021-2022 School Year
This webinar provides safe, research-based strategies and ideas for teaching music education in the general music education classroom during the 2021-22 school year.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association for Music Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Healthy Davis Together
This website provides information about, and examples from, Healthy Davis Together, which supports a safe and healthy return to face-to-face instruction. Healthy Davis Together is a joint project between the City of Davis and the University of California, Davis with the goal to facilitate a coordinated and gradual return while preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the Davis community. Healthy Davis Together brings together epidemiology and health promotion both in the city and on campus.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Healthy Davis Together
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Pandemic Best Practices from Upward Bound Program at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
This video showcases the strategies employed by the Upward Bound Program at the University of Puerto Rico, noting how program staff adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthened relationships among staff and students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
NAfME and NFHS Return to Music Guidance Phase III August 2021
This Web page provides safe, research-based strategies and ideas for teaching music education during the 2021-22 school year.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association for Music Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Resources to Support Healthy Students
This press release celebrating National School Lunch Week during the week of October 10-16, 2021, as declared by President Biden, provides valuable resources and information to support healthy meals for students as the country works to recover from the pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
U.S. Department of Education: Supporting and Protecting the Rights of Students at Risk of Self-Harm in the Era of COVID-19
This fact sheet provides information about Federal civil rights laws that protect students with mental health disabilities. It includes scenarios that illustrate when the U.S. Department of Education might investigate a potential violation; gives schools and postsecondary institutions a list of action steps to create an environment responsive to students with mental health disabilities; and provides educational and crisis resources for students, families, and educators.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Back-to-School Week, Day 5: Equity Can’t Wait: Cultivating and Sustaining Equitable Planning and Implementation for the New School Year
These presentation materials highlight the National Center for Systemic Improvement's Thought Leader Conversation Series and accompany a presentation on the intersection of race and disability and equitable access to high-quality school experiences for Black students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Systemic Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 5: Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness
These presentation materials provide an overview of barriers facing children and youth who meet the McKinney-Vento definition of homeless and the educational rights and services for which they qualify. The presentation also shares national data on student homelessness and strategies for partnering with education staff serving as homeless liaisons to support positive student trajectories.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Homeless Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 5: Reimagining School + Community Partnerships
This presentation outlines key strategies to building more effective school-community partnerships to promote college access for historically underserved students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, The Double Discovery Center at Columbia University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 4: Empowering the Use of Formula Grant Funds to Support Early Learning
This presentation details current historic investments in early childhood programs and shares resources to support State and local education agencies' implementation of high-quality, equity-focused early learning programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 4: Reenergizing Systems to Support Educators
This presentation provides resources for reenergizing educators and reengaging school communities, underscoring the importance of stakeholder engagement and shared decision-making.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices, National Implementation Research Network, U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 3: Supporting Our Kids’ Education: Tools to Strengthen Resident Families and Students During COVID-19 and Beyond
This presentation describes a new toolkit released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhoods Office. The toolkit provides resources for public housing authorities, housing providers, and their partners to support resident communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 3: Engaging Multilingual Learners and Their Families
This presentation summarizes best practices in engaging and supporting English learners, their families, and their communities and shares supplemental resources to help schools implement these practices.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 3: Addressing Student Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs
This presentation describes the importance of mental health services and a positive school climate for the whole school community, particularly in the context of stress and trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation also highlights implementation examples and key resources to support State initiatives.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Old Dominion University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 2: Connections Between Healthy Schools and a Healthy Climate
These presentation materials highlight the Green Ribbon Schools award and the U.S. Department of Education's role in sustainable schools, climate, and infrastructure.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 2: Shared Safety – A Coordinated Strategy to Improve our Schools' Learning Environment
This presentation describes one organization's comprehensive public safety model for reducing community-based violence.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Newark Community Street Team
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 2: Safety, Privacy and Security in Technology: Fixing All Your Problems in 20 Minutes
This presentation highlights available resources to support education agencies' understanding of Federal requirements regarding online safety and security and includes information on how education stakeholders can engage in virtual learning while protecting student data and privacy.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Student Privacy Policy Office
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 2: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Discuss Guidance and Resources
This presentation shares updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for COVID-19 prevention in schools in the 2021-22 school year and includes resources to support schools' implementation of CDC-recommended mitigation strategies.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 1: Using Data-based Individualization to Plan for and Optimize Student Learning for Back to School
This presentation provides an overview of how intensive intervention and data-based individualization can be used to optimize student learning. The materials also include resources to help educators make use of their data to inform instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, National Center on Intensive Intervention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Back-to-School Week, Day 1: Promising Practices for Learning Acceleration
These presentation materials contain information on research-informed practices for accelerating student learning, such as high-dosage tutoring, project-based learning, and dual enrollment. The presentation also includes links to additional resources and practice guides from the What Works Clearinghouse.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The National Academic Press: Tools for Supporting the Emotional Well-Being in Children and Youth
While fewer children and youth have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, the COVID-19 pandemic still affects them. Children and youth are dealing with new challenges, like social distancing, changes to their routines, and a lost sense of security and safety, making them especially vulnerable to feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed. The tools on this Web page were created to teach skills that can help children and youth cope with some of the challenges associated with the pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Overview, Research to Practice Brief
This brief provides an overview of infant and early childhood mental health consultation for policymakers and program leaders.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance Systems
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools—A Self-Assessment Tool
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is designed to assist schools and districts in addressing the health and academic needs of LGBTQ students. This self-assessment tool was created to help school and district staff understand current policies, programs, and practices that may contribute to safe, inclusive environments where all youth can be successful.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Classroom Management Approaches to Support School Connectedness
This suite of resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a variety of resources on classroom management approaches that may help strengthen school connectedness. Materials include example strategies, tools, and templates that school staff can use to apply these approaches in their face-to-face, virtual, or blended learning modes.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool
The Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) is an assessment tool developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with health education experts from state and local education agencies, schools, colleges and universities, and national organizations. The HECAT is aligned with the National Health Education Standards and is based on the Characteristics of Effective Health Education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
U.S. Department of Education: Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time
This resource from the U.S. Department of Education provides information on how COVID-19 relief funds can be used to address the impact of lost instructional time as a result of the pandemic, including strategies to address student social, emotional, and academic needs; support parents and caregivers; and use of assessment data to support student learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 54 minutes
PBS Learn Anytime, Anywhere
This document describes the extensive, multiplatform learning resources from the Public Broadcasting Service that have played an important role in supporting virtual, hybrid, and in-person learning through broadcast, on-demand video streaming, Web portals, mobile apps, interactive newsletters, and other information sources.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Public Broadcasting Service
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
HHS: Guide to On-Site Vaccination Clinics for School
Vaccination is our leading public health strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting school communities vaccinated will go a long way in preventing outbreaks before they happen and help to ensure students can remain learning in person at school. All over the country, leaders from all sectors are mobilizing to help young Americans get their COVID-19 vaccination. We are relying on education, health, and community leaders to lead the way. As part of back-to-school efforts, we are asking school districts nationwide to host pop-up vaccine clinics in their schools and neighborhoods.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
HHS: Back to School Toolkit
This toolkit has resources for school district leaders, teachers, parent leaders, and school supporters that want to help increase confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in their school communities, answer questions, and outline school guidance about COVID-19. It includes information from CDC and new, tailored materials from the HHS COVID-19 Public Education Campaign.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
American College Health Association COVID-19 Resources
This Web page hosts a variety of health-related resources relevant to COVID-19 and institutions of higher education (IHEs). Resources include webinars, guides, research briefs, and workshops to support IHE communities in best practices around operation and continued supports in the era of COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: American College Health Association
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Boston Public Schools' Collective Bargaining Agreement on Use of Masks with Clear Panels
This collective bargaining agreement describes how Boston Public Schools utilizes masks with a clear panel in circumstances when the visibility of a speaker’s mouth is necessary. This resource offers an innovative model for accommodating diverse student and staff needs while adhering to COVID-19 safety protocols.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources
Organization: Boston Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
ED COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s COVID Handbook Volume 1 focuses on ensuring the physical safety of elementary and secondary school settings. The handbook aligns with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 46 minutes
ED COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students’ Needs
The U.S. Department of Education’s COVID Handbook Volume 2 focuses on addressing the needs of students, including their social, emotional, academic, and other needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 37 minutes
Ready. Set. Summer!
This Web page shares information on Tulsa Public Schools' summer learning and enrichment program — "Ready, Set, Summer!" This summer program leverages community partnerships to provide students access to fun, engaging, and supportive summer learning experiences at no cost.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Tulsa Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Responding to Death in the COVID-19 Context: Guidelines for Administrators and Crisis Teams
This Web page hosts resources designed to assist schools in communicating about a death and providing supports in response to COVID-19-related deaths and trauma, in order to facilitate healthy coping, adaptation, and bereavement. The page contains specific strategies, links to additional resources, and sample adaptable resources for communicating with the school community.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 24 minutes
Preparing for Infectious Disease Epidemics: Brief Tips for School Mental Health Professionals
This document provides strategies for school mental health professionals to support students and staff who are coping with mental health challenges generated by an infectious disease outbreak. The resource describes the need to communicate a realistic, informed, and balanced message and includes four practical interventions school mental health professionals can use to aid students and staff.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Coping With the COVID-19 Crisis: The Importance of Care for Caregivers – Tips for Parents and Teachers
This document shares recommendations and resources that support the mental health and well-being of those who care for students at home and in school. The document offers strategies to aid caregivers in reducing the effects of various stressors and includes links to resources that share in-depth methods for addressing the emotional challenges experienced by caregivers, their students, and others.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
Coping With the COVID-19 Crisis: Distance Caregiver Training
This document for caregivers provides guidance for caring for students remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers considerations for cultural and linguistic awareness when meeting families’ needs. The document supports caregivers in recognizing common student reactions to the pandemic and knowing how to respond and when to seek additional help.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Responding to COVID-19: Brief Action Steps for School Crisis Response Teams
This document for school crisis response teams provides specific suggestions for the immediate school response to the threat presented by COVID-19 to in-person learning. These suggestions guide the reader in developing an emergency operations plan and taking actions to address communication and warning; public, medical, and mental health; continuity of operations; and recovery.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of School Psychologists
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Applicability of Evidence-Based Interventions
This short tool is designed to help district and school leaders select evidence-based practices and interventions that meet their needs and fit within their educational contexts. The printable tool contains key questions and considerations, as well as additional resources to support educators in choosing an intervention that fits best within their unique education system.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Addressing Food Insecurity through a Health Equity Lens: A Case Study of Large Urban School Districts during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This research article describes a case study of how four large, urban school districts implemented emergency school feeding programs to serve families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study addresses equity within this context, examining how the implementation strategies that were used to improve access to nutrition assistance affected communities of color and low-income areas.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Washington University at St. Louis
Estimated Engagement Time: 42 minutes
ED COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 3: Strategies for Safe Operation and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Staff
This resource provides guidance on addressing the needs of higher education students, faculty, and staff. Topics include physical safety, social and emotional needs, and other important supports for the higher education community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 37 minutes
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID Resources for Child Care and K-12
This resource includes North Carolina’s robust operational and public health guidance for its K-12 schools and childcare programs. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is proud to have taken the lead in North Carolina to coordinate its public health response against COVID-19 and has supported the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
COVID Data Tracker
This COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review provides an up-to-date interpretive summary of the previous week’s key data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources
Organization: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
American Psychological Association's Guide to Schooling and Distance Learning During COVID-19
This handbook provides guidance to administrators, educators, and parents by sharing practical, evidence-based strategies to enhance student learning and social and emotional well-being, whether in person or online, and offers suggestions on how to implement these strategies as schools reopen. Additionally, the handbook has a section on ensuring equity within reopening plans, recognizing the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on historically underserved communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Psychological Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Executive Office on Early Learning, State of Hawaii: Helpful Resources for Families
This resource includes a variety of hands-on activities that families can do together. This office serves diverse families from different backgrounds.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Executive Office on Early Learning, State of Hawaii
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Critical Considerations for the Return to School for Young Children
In this webinar, panelists discuss best practices for supporting children as they return to in-person learning. Presenters identify priority social and emotional teaching practices for the preschool classroom, practices to support children entering kindergarten, and practices that support partnerships with families.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center For Pyramid Model Innovations
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
The Leadership Team's Guide for Re-Opening Programs
This practice guide provides early childhood administrators and teams with considerations for supporting children, families, and staff during and after reopening for in-person programming. The guide is linked to numerous practical strategies and printable materials, and provides information and key considerations for staff wellness, family engagement, universal social and emotional promotion practices, and targeted interventions to address specific social and emotional concerns.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center For Pyramid Model Innovations
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
An Evidence Summary of Paediatric COVID-19 Literature
This resource provides a variety of research literature related to COVID-19 and children and young people, particularly on the transmission and spread of COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Don't Forget the Bubbles
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Child Care Center Facility Model Standards During COVID-19
This resource provides helpful information on important standards to help ensure the physical safety of childcare centers.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Bipartisan Policy Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Trinka and Sam Fighting the Big Virus: Trinka, Sam, and Littletown Work Together
This storybook helps young children and families talk about their feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic. The story invites conversations about COVID-19, ways that families and communities are working to stay safe, family and community strengths, common challenges and reactions, ways that families support children and each other, and expressions of gratitude for frontline workers. At the end of the book, a caregiver guide provides options for parents for using the story with their children.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Estimated Engagement Time: 24 minutes
A Resource Guide for Developing Integrated Strategies to Support the Social and Emotional Wellness of Children
This resource guide highlights strategies and provides information on how some Child Care and Development Fund grantees have leveraged partnerships and funding to support implementation. Topics include support for the social and emotional wellness of children, families, and providers; implementation considerations; social and emotional wellness initiatives and delivery strategies; promotion of social and emotional competence, as well as mental health, in infants and young children; and more.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System (ECTTAS)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
FutureEd COVID-19 Best Practices Recommendations
This resource offers policy recommendations for meeting the social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs of students; supporting learning acceleration; attracting and stabilizing a diverse educator workforce; providing equitable access to 21st-century learning tools and technology; creating and maintaining safe and supportive learning environments; and successfully implementing expanded learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: FutureEd at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Trauma Informed Planning Strategies to Help Students Transition Back to School in the Era of COVID-19
This fact sheet synthesizes crisis response guidance from Federal agencies, national professional associations, federally funded research collaboratives, and technical assistance centers. The resource shares trauma-informed planning strategies to guide and support a successful transition back to school.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Students from low-income backgrounds; Students experiencing homelessness; Students in or formerly in foster care
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
North Carolina Models the Way for National Discussion and Decisions on School Re-Openings During COVID-19 Pandemic
This Website details the partnership established between North Carolina school districts and the ABC Science Collaborative in order to reopen schools with informed decision-making processes and evidence-based practices that are grounded in the collection and analysis of local data.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Learning Goes On – A COVID-19 Resource for Education
This Web page is a hub for continued learning resources for families and educators. The Web page hosts Webinars, policy and practice updates, and best practices for continued learning; resources are available in English and Spanish languages.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region II Equity Assistance Center (IDRA EAC-South)
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Learning, Equity & Accelerated Pathways Task Force Report
This report describes how a statewide task force used participatory, evidence-informed, data-driven processes and community-stakeholder partnerships to develop strategies for accelerating learning and addressing educational inequities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 48 minutes
Considerations for In-person Music Education and Performing Arts Activities
This video provides an overview of research-based mitigation strategies for safe in-person music education and performing arts activities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: NAMM Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
When to Test Website: A Resource to Inform COVID Testing Plans in Schools
This Website was developed by the National Institutes of Health and some of its partners to help school districts and other organizations calculate the amount of COVID-19 testing that might be necessary, given particular circumstances. The Website also includes information about the likely cost of testing programs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Best Practices; Federal Resources
Organization: Consortia for Improving Medicine with Innovation & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute for Data Systems and Society, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Cooperative Learning for English Learners in a Physically Distanced Environment
This image shows a model of a physically distanced classroom layout for English learners in a cooperative learning setting. This model can serve as an example of using physical space and personal protective equipment to create classrooms that facilitate both safe and healthy environments and interactive learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English Learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Surry County Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Washington State GEAR UP COVID 19 Resource Page
This Website offers a resource guide to support schools navigating remote learning and developing virtual options for students and families. It provides resources on access to technology, equity, campus visits and college admissions, professional development, student and family engagement, and other topics.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Washington Student Achievement Council
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools Reopening Guidance
This guidance document provides districts and schools with a framework for reopening that includes required actions and recommended best practices. This student-centered guidance is grounded in equity and local flexibility and stresses the critical importance of family engagement in the reopening process.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 31 minutes
Navigating Next
This guidance document supports districts in completing the 2020-21 school year while planning and preparing for the start of the 2021–22 school year. It outlines guidance on fiscal and operational management, communication and engagement with families, assessment of student learning, academic delivery and support, social emotional learning delivery and support, learning environment considerations, and effective use of Federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 25 minutes
A Summer for Learning and Recovery
This fact sheet summarizes the research and benefits of summer enrichment programs and outlines evidence-based strategies for implementing successful summer programs. The fact sheet spotlights examples of effective programs and provides implementation tips and additional resources for district leaders and educators to create and sustain summer enrichment programs in their school communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Key Principles for Expanding Learning to Support Student Re-Engagement
This guide details research and best practices on the expanded learning field, which encompasses programs that offer before-school, afterschool, summer learning, and extended day or expanded learning time. This document outlines nine guiding principles to guide districts and schools in partnering with and uplifting expanded learning programs to support the re-engagement of students, especially students from historically underserved communities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Afterschool Alliance
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Support for Students in Teacher Preparation Programs During Recovery from the Pandemic
This resource provides examples of how to support students in teacher preparation programs as the country recovers from the pandemic. Examples serve to support both teacher candidates and school systems.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR)
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Davis Joint Unified School District Reopening Resources
This school district's COVID-19 Web page includes a variety of resources that the district developed to support the reopening of its schools. These resources demonstrate the district’s efforts to bring students, educators, and staff back to school safely and address the academic, social, emotional, and other needs of all students and families as the district moves forward from the pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Davis Joint Unified School District
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Coalition to Support Grieving Students Resource for US DOE Clearinghouse
This Website hosts free, practitioner-oriented resources for school mental health providers, educators, and parents to help support students with the crisis and loss associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources include presentations for professional development, fact sheets, practical tools, articles, and links to additional resource Websites. The Website also contains guidance documents on how to use selected resources.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Military-connected students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Coalition to Support Grieving Students
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Massena Central School District: Providing Supports to Students and Families During COVID-19
This resource describes some of the strategies that a school district implemented to support students and families during the pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Massena Central School District
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
International Society for Technology in Education
This document describes research and best practices related to virtual or hybrid instructional models and addresses barriers to equity such as the digital divide. The document provides resources to assist district leaders and educators in using educational technology to engage students and to assist parents and caregivers in supporting remote learning from home.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Students experiencing homelessness; Students in or formerly in foster care
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
COVID Relief for K-12: Use of Funds Advisory Memo
This advisory memo describes how States can assist local education agencies in distributing authorized Federal funds to implement strong infection prevention and control programs throughout their school systems. This memo provides a funding framework that includes details on one-time and ongoing expenses, additional fiscal priorities and considerations, and recommended investments to support educational equity.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The COVID Collaborative, Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center, Brown School of Public Health, and New America
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
The Science is Clear: Layered Infection Prevention and Control Measures Allow Return to Safe In-Person Learning
This document serves as a scientific consensus, explaining the research and evidence on infection prevention and control programs in schools. The information provided in this document, aligned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on layered mitigation strategies, includes details on ventilation and filtration, testing and tracing, physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection, vaccines, masks and handwashing.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The COVID Collaborative, Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center, Brown School of Public Health, and New America
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Roadmap to Healthy Schools: Building Organizational Capacity for Infection Prevention and Control
This operational guide to school-based infection prevention and control provides recommendations and considerations for State and local leaders to return to in-person learning safely and sustainably. The guide also includes case studies on schools and districts that have reopened safely, sharing practical advice and insight into "what works" in the field.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The COVID Collaborative, Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center, Brown School of Public Health, and New America
Estimated Engagement Time: 54 minutes
Leading in the Unknown: A Self-Guided Learning Experience Focused on Leadership
This online workshop features charter sector experts providing real-world applications on leading teams through change, maintaining a strategic focus, tracking success, and sustaining impact. Each module in the series includes three components — a webinar with implementation strategies, a guided self-reflection workbook, and an interview with a school leader putting the information into a real-world context.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
English Learners in Charter Schools: A Learning Experience Focused on English Learner Instruction
This online workshop provides school leaders and directors of academic learning with an overview of English language instruction and available resources to support English learners. The workshop consists of five learning modules, two brief profiles, and lessons learned from two Charter School Programs grantees providing high-quality options for students acquiring English. One of the five modules included in this resource is focused on supporting students following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Planning for Family Engagement in the Charter School Life Cycle: A Toolkit for School Leaders
This toolkit provides an understanding of how to build a comprehensive schoolwide plan for family engagement since expectations and strategies for educator-to-family engagement changed dramatically throughout COVID-19 and will continue to evolve in a post-COVID world. The toolkit includes a chapter on “Crisis Management and School Closures” engagement strategies.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 36 minutes
School Quality Assessment: Where Are You on the Pathway to Success?
This resource describes a data-driven school improvement process using reflective and diagnostic questions to help administrators identify where they are in their journey to achieve success before or during school reopening. The tool provides a step-by-step guide to assess if a school is on track to achieving or sustaining their specific organizational definition of success.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Charter School Resource Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
The Family Table Series on School Reopening
This webinar series on school reopening highlights best practices and effective strategies for creating and strengthening partnerships between educational institutions and families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaborative Action for Family Engagement Center – Maryland and Pennsylvania Statewide Family Engagement Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Trauma-Informed Family and Community Engagement Webinar Series, Part 3
This webinar features a diverse range of panelists highlighting trauma-informed family engagement practices in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Panelists from state and local education agencies to community-based organizations discuss strategies for addressing trauma and supporting the well-being of families and educators.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaborative Action for Family Engagement Center – Maryland and Pennsylvania Statewide Family Engagement Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 41 minutes
Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread Webinar
In this webinar, panelists review research literature on COVID-19 and school reopening, describing best practices in remote and hybrid learning options, and outlining a case study in which data and analytics were used to inform the reopening of Pennsylvania schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 2 minutes
Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread
This infographic provides easy-to-read summaries of research on school reopening. The resource highlights recent findings that support the effectiveness of mitigation strategies in reopening schools safely and reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission among students and staff.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
Considerations for Reopening Pennsylvania Schools
This memo describes the operations and outcomes of a research-practice partnership between the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic and Pennsylvania Department of Education. The memo provides details on the organizations' three-part project, which included a literature review of public health and education research, interviews with Pennsylvania education stakeholders, and a computational modeling project to inform the reopening of Pennsylvania schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
Evidence-Based Literacy Interventions to Support Young Learners During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this webinar, panelists discuss effective strategies to support literacy development during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar features both literacy experts sharing evidence-based strategies educators can use to support their students and practitioners offering insight into the strategies they plan to use to support early literacy instruction in their classrooms.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Reimagining Excellence: A Blueprint for Integrating Social and Emotional Well-being and Academic Excellence in Schools
This blueprint — designed with input from in-person and remote educators, leaders, researchers, professional learning providers, and technical assistance providers — strives to detail the indicators of learning programs that successfully integrate equity, well-being, and academics.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Estimated Engagement Time: 45 minutes
Strategies for Ensuring Equitable Continuity of Learning
This fact sheet highlights evidence-based practices that schools and local education agencies can consider when developing or updating their continuity of learning plans.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
COVID-19 Virtual Listening Tour Brief: Stable, Quality Child Care: A Critical Need for Working Families and Economic Stability
This brief highlights key themes that emerged in the early childhood education field as a result of COVID-19 and some considerations for successfully reopening and sustaining safe and quality programs. This brief is one of a series of five briefs, along with a comprehensive report and interactive map created in response to a Virtual Listening Tour study done in 2020.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Children and students with disabilities; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of Florida, Lastinger Center for Learning
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
COVID-19 School Communications Tool Kit
This resource shares insights and best practices for school leaders and educators to use in establishing communication systems that serve their school communities and advance equitable outcomes, acknowledging community trauma related to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing systemic racism. This website describes and hosts an associated toolkit to support implementation of communication standards and principles.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; Best Practices
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
High-Quality Career and Technical Education During COVID-19: Challenges and Innovations
This guide contains research, best practices, and stories from the Career and Technical Education (CTE) field on operation and delivery methods during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide provides information on several topics including how the CTE field adapted during the pandemic, equity in the field and targeted supports for underserved students, and where opportunities exist for innovation in reopening.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Association for Career and Technical Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
One Educator's Perspective on Safe and Healthy Environments for PreK-5 Students and Teachers
This resource includes one educator's suggestions and advice on continuing to reopen schools and addressing the academic, social, and emotional needs of students and teachers.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Individual Educator
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Lasell University Holway Early Childhood Centers: COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan
This guide outlines policies and procedures that promote the health and safety of teachers and children when reopening early childhood programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Created through local city and state partnerships, this resource provides detailed operational guidance on a range of topics, from enhanced safety and mitigation strategies to early childhood social and emotional health.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Lasell University Holway Early Childhood Centers
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
How Child Care Programs Can Help Get Child Care Staff Vaccinated
This document shares ways in which child care directors and family child care homes can support their staff in getting COVID-19 vaccinations.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
RE:UNION: Excellence, Reimagined. Virginia Union University Spring 2021 Opening Plan
This resource guide outlines the reopening plans of the university and includes detailed information regarding campus policies, procedures and specific COVID-19 protocols.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Union University
Estimated Engagement Time: 29 minutes
North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Remote Learning Survey Results COVID-19 Response
This report summarizes information gathered from surveys distributed to PreK program staff about local communication and remote learning strategies, technology capabilities and challenges during the COVID-19 emergency.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Estimated Engagement Time: 16 minutes
Staying Calm and Well in the Midst of the COVID-19 Storm
This webinar series assists university faculty and staff and external community members with learning strategies to reduce stress and improve health and well-being during times of stress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Ohio State University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Establishing Safe and Healthy Environments: Best Practices
This report outlines the safety protocols, mitigation strategies and support services established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the university. The report includes a matrix utilized for responding to direct and indirect exposures among campus employees.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; students from low-income backgrounds; Student veterans; Military-connected students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Hallmark University
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Orleans Technical College Welcome Back Guide
This guide outlines the reopening plans of the college and includes detailed information on safety protocols and campus policies.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Orleans Technical College
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
How the CE 3116 Construction Materials Labs were Continued In-person at the Missouri University of Science and Technology during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This program profile highlights the modification of a construction materials lab to provide students with hands-on experience while maintaining a safe environment for in-person instruction at the university. The profile describes prior lab operations, newly developed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-compliant operations, and lessons learned from students’ experiences throughout the changes made to the university's instructional strategies.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Veterans Upward Bound Program
This program profile outlines the COVID-19 mitigation strategies and lessons learned at a Veterans Upward Bound Program.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students; Student veterans; Military-connected students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Pima County Community College District- East Campus
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Return to Campus Guidelines
This program profile describes the college’s approach to implementing mitigation strategies and preparing for and sustaining in-person operations safely. The profile details the impacts on TRIO students of the COVID-19 pandemic, the college’s subsequent mitigation measures and the lessons learned from students' experiences.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Children and students with disabilities; First-generation college students; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Columbia College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
GEAR UP West Conference
This virtual conference offers keynote presentations and breakout sessions over a wide range of topics, including The Science and Theory of Hope, The Pandemic Brain, and Creating Trauma-Responsive Schools that Foster Resilient Environments for Youth & Adults.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Implementation Stories ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Washington Student Achievement Council
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Best Practices for Operating Safely During a Pandemic
This innovative spotlight profile describes the college's COVID-19 hotline. This telephone line addresses questions and concerns and provides information to the college community regarding campus shutdowns and the transition to remote learning.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; First-generation college students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
University of the Potomac Safe Reopening Plan- COVID-19 Pandemic Fall 2020
This guide outlines the university's reopening plan and lists strategies used by the institution to address challenges caused by COVID-19, such as adapting services and implementing mitigation measures.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: University of the Potomac
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Safer Music Education
This program profile outlines the COVID-19 mitigation strategies and lessons learned at a music education program.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: Mona Shores Public Schools Music Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Staying Calm and Well in the Midst of the COVID-19 Storm for Early Adolescents
This webinar series helps equip adolescents from 10 to 14 years of age with easily digestible and important knowledge and skills to sustain well-being during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was designed to assist the children of university faculty and staff and children in the external community with learning strategies to reduce stress and improve health and well-being during times of stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Ohio State University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Student and Employee Codes of Personal Responsibility
This resource provides an example of an employee code of personal responsibility for following safety protocols on a college campus. The resource includes practical instructions and guidelines on how to follow these safety protocols.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Lakeland Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Crash's Camp for Remote Learning
This series of short video modules assists students in adjusting to remote learning by preparing them to navigate classes on an online learning platform. Video topics include strategies for success, getting organized, tips from professors and students, and a review of resources available at the college.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students; Student parents; Student veterans; Military-connected students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Lakeland Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 37 minutes
Benedict College Emergency & Risk Team Reporting and Discussion Guides
This spreadsheet offers a sample of reporting and discussion guides for personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety protocols management used by the college’s Emergency & Risk Team. The spreadsheet includes data on PPE inventory distribution and collection, COVID-19 testing inventory and methodology, and a daily overview of safety protocols and completion of tasks in an Incident Command System format.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Benedict College
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Recommendations for Policy Development: Youth Leadership
This resource for educators and administrators offers policy recommendations for developing initiatives and protocols for listening to youth, developing youth leadership capacity and establishing policies that ensure that individual students are supported in self-determination and goal setting.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center for Educational Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Recommendations for Policy Development: Visioning
This resource for educators and administrators offers policy recommendations for incorporating visioning strategies into educational settings. The resource briefly describes the visioning process and its uses, and shares visioning strategies to increase social and educational equity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Center for Educational Improvement
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
University of Cincinnati Clermont College TRIO Talent Search Program
This implementation profile shares a success story from the college's TRIO Talent Search program. By using data, developing local partnerships and collaborating with school district information technology managers, this program provided grade-specific support to students during pandemic-related school closures.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: University of Cincinnati, Clermont College
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
West Virginia Tech TRIO Upward Bound Best Practices
This program profile highlights how the institute adapted its TRIO Upward Bound program for virtual instruction to continue supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past summer, the program provided each student a laptop, school supplies, standardized test preparatory materials and an Internet hotspot as well as offered students college-preparatory courses, tutoring and life-skills trainings Monday through Friday.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned
Organization: West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
The Return: How Should Education Leaders Prepare for Reentry and Beyond?
This report shares research and provides recommendations for increasing student achievement and well-being. The report, produced in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, offers recommendations on transitioning from the agrarian school calendar to a longer and more flexible academic year; implementing new staffing models; focusing on the social and emotional well-being and skills of students; and adopting high-quality instructional materials with robust teacher supports and curriculum-aligned formative and summative assessments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Chiefs for Change
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
New Hampshire Department of Education Office of Social and Emotional Wellness Portal
This portal provides educators and school staff with information about initiatives, services and resources offered by the New Hampshire Department of Education’s Office of Social and Emotional Wellness. The portal also houses wellness toolkits for issues related to COVID-19 as well as other relevant wellness issues such as bullying and suicide prevention.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: New Hampshire Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
COVID-19 Open Iconography Library
This library of visual iconography helps clarify the back-to-school process and presents public health and school reopening information in ways that support community engagement, feedback and accountability.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Back to School Learner Identity and Agency Guidebook
This guide shares strategies for providing equitable and inclusive learning environments and for developing student agency. The guide aggregates the leading research and strategies from experts in sociology, psychology, special education, educational equity, social justice and student-centered education to support educators in this work.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Engage Equitably: Communication Resources for Schools at a Time of COVID-19 & Beyond
This resource shares public health communication templates and guidance for districts, administrators and teachers. Templates are available for a variety of situations including instructional model changes, positive cases and closures, and alerts for parents when a student is showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Instructional Program Scheduling Map
This instructional program scheduling map builds on the charter school's strategic reopening documents to provide best practices for physical distancing as schools reopen. The blueprint provides guidance on how best to rearrange teams of educators and groups of students to ensure that those receiving in-person instruction can do so safely.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: 39 minutes
Success Coaching Playbook
This playbook shares research-based frameworks for effective success coaching and offers guidance on building success coaching capacity in all adults. This playbook shares strategies for growing and using a network of success coaches to holistically support students and accelerate academic progress.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Public School Facilities Planning in the Era of COVID-19 Guide
This guide shares the charter school's experience utilizing a collaborative and community-based planning process for reopening. The guide outlines how the school gathered stakeholder input, built partnerships and incorporated public health guidance to develop a strategic reopening approach.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Planning for Learners Across Reopening Scenarios: Learner With Autism in General Education Settings
This sample learner profile provides guidance and strategies for supporting a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder who receives instruction in a general education setting. The profile shares best practices on providing specialized services, monitoring progress, ensuring access to core content and taking into account other considerations.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Planning for Learners Across Reopening Scenarios: Learner With Autism in Self-Contained Settings
This sample learner profile provides guidance and strategies for supporting a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder who receives instruction in a self-contained setting and participates in alternative assessment. The profile describes the importance of maintaining continuity in individualized education plans and shares key considerations for safely providing specialized services as school buildings reopen.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Planning for Learners Across Reopening Scenarios: Learner with a Reading Disability
This sample learner profile shares strategies for optimizing school accessibility and learning outcomes for a student with a reading disability. The profile offers recommendations and guidance that school teams may use to support students with a reading disability across school reopening scenarios.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
New Mexico's Roadmap to Accelerated Learning and Renewal
This resource describes New Mexico’s strategy to addressing student needs related to accelerated learning in the wake of the pandemic. The resource includes four steps to guide New Mexico schools and districts in this area: 1. development of a school level plan, including elements of such a plan; 2. a resource for designing schedules and staff considerations; 3. a short description of allowable uses of relief funds to support student academic needs; and 4. a resource list for addressing students' needs in a holistic manner.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practice; State or Local Resources
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Integrated Student Supports State Policy Toolkit
This toolkit for State policymakers and school leaders provides detailed information on systems of integrated student support. The toolkit outlines the core components of integrated student support models and offers policy and research contexts for understanding how and why to implement integrated wraparound services to support students' academic and nonacademic needs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Boston College Center for Optimized Student Support
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 44 minutes
Coffee Chats
This webinar collection for teachers provides guidance for serving diverse learners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each professional development video session is 15-20 minutes, providing quick strategies to elevate best instructional practices and empower staff to effectively meet student needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Paraprofessional Communication Tool
This tool serves as a collaborative resource for paraprofessionals and special educators to identify best practices that serve all learners. It also includes strategies for paraprofessionals to support students behaviorally, both during in-person and virtual learning contexts.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Spotlight: Planning for Diverse Learners
These resources help schools create reentry plans that maximize accessibility for diverse learners and provide various reentry scenarios (e.g., in-person vs. hybrid in-person and virtual) with guiding questions and key considerations to ensure an inclusive educational environment for all learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Planning for Learners Across Reopening Scenarios: English Learner: Newcomer
This sample learner profile shares guidance on optimizing school accessibility and learning outcomes for English learner students who recently immigrated to the United States. The profile highlights a variety of considerations and strategies for supporting these students across school reopening scenarios.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Diverse Learners Cooperative
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Reach Out, Rebound, Reorientate: Strategies to Protect Mental Health in the School Ecosystem During COVID-19
This report provides findings and recommendations from a task force, established in November 2020, to discuss the mental health crisis in school systems around the world. The report provides a range of recommendations for policymakers and teachers to safeguard mental well-being in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Varkey Foundation
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Enhancing Relationships and Morale: A Back-to-School Toolkit for Administrators
This toolkit provides easy-to-implement tools and ideas to prioritize staff well-being. These resources guide administrators to care for staff so they feel supported and heard and to continue to prioritize relationships and staff well-being throughout the year.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: BARR Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Teacher Back-to-School Toolkit
This toolkit provides strategies and resources promoting teacher well-being, including a back-to-school checklist, self-care activities and additional tips for stress management and connecting with colleagues.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: BARR Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 13 minutes
Restart and Recovery: The Role of a School Leader Website
This website provides resources to support district and school leaders with implementing reopening guidance issued by the Council of Chief State School Officers. The site includes a series of three briefs and a communications toolkit.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on User
Restart and Recovery: The Role of the School Leader, Brief 3: Leveraging Principals in Ensuring Academic Success
This brief is the third in a series designed to support school leaders in implementing the Restart & Recovery guidance developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. This brief focuses on academic success, including curriculum and instruction, assessment and professional learning.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Restart and Recovery: The Role of the School Leader, Brief 2: Wellbeing and Connection
This brief is the second in a series designed to support school leaders in implementing the Restart & Recovery guidance developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. This brief focuses on staff and student well-being, connection and tailored student support services.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; English learners; Undocumented students; Children and students with disabilities; LGBTQIA students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Restart and Recovery: The Role of the School Leader, Brief 1: Systems Conditions
This brief is the first in a series designed to support school leaders in implementing the Restart & Recovery guidance developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. This brief focuses on system-level strategies for recovery, including engagement; curriculum; technology; staffing; scheduling; and leading, managing and improving.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Back to School Guide in the Era of COVID-19
This resource provides practical tips for parents, guardians, caregivers, administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals and students to navigate the challenges of returning to school while maintaining physical and mental health.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: American Occupational Therapy Association
Estimated Engagement Time: 40 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for English Learners
This infographic guide for families, teachers and school staff provides key facts, essential questions and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of English learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Department of Special Education and Student Services, Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Students with Disabilities
This infographic guide for families, teachers and school staff provides key facts, essential questions and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of children and students with disabilities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Department of Special Education and Student Services, Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Warren Township Schools: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Operating Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This document includes an approach from one school district to safely reopen schools and to stay open. It provides links to a variety of resources from the district after convening faculty and staff on a weekly basis to review local, State and Federal guidance, research reports and stakeholder survey responses in order to make recommendations about safely returning all students and staff to schools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Warren Township Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
COVID-19 Virtual Listening Tour Brief: Trauma-Informed Care: A Critical Component in Successfully Resuming School
This brief on Trauma-Informed Care is one in a series of five that produced findings and considerations for schools as they reopen. A common theme was the need to address the trauma experienced by students as part of school closures, particularly students of color and those eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch. Considerations are provided for schools to respond to students, family and educator needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of Florida, Lastinger Center for Learning
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
COVID-19 Virtual Listening Tour Report
This report highlighted key themes about the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of educational services in Florida, along with considerations for policy and education decision-makers as they navigate reopening and operating schools within the pandemic context.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Young Children, Students, and Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: University of Florida, Lastinger Center for Learning
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 9 minutes
City Year: Using Action Communities to Address Student Belonging, Resilience, and Engagement
This tool suggests evidence-based and practical actions schools can take to promote middle school students’ sense of belonging, resilience and engaged learning. For the middle grades, students’ connection to school influences their attendance, behavior and course performance, which ultimately impacts graduation and postsecondary success. The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing need to combat systematic racism have added stress and challenges into the lives of middle grade students, further increasing the need for schools to provide a supportive and nurturing experience.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: City Year, Inc
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Performance Guidelines
This resource provides an example of COVID-19 safety protocols for high school performances, competitions, and musical productions. The resource includes guidelines on physical distancing, assigned spaces, mask usage, and other safety protocols specific to competitions and performances.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: The School District of Lee County
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
COVID-19 Situational Update
This resource provides an example of communication to district personnel regarding up-to-date information about community and district health, COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, community outreach, and employee assistance.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: The School District of Lee County
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Lee Home Connect Instructional Continuity Plan
This guide outlines the Lee Home Connect plan, an instructional continuity model designed for families who elect to enroll their student in remote learning. The guide details best practices in virtual instruction models, including family engagement, accountability, equal access and supports for diverse learners, and a chart of digital teaching tools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: The School District of Lee County
Estimated Engagement Time: 30 minutes
Interim Reopening Policies for North Carolina State Funded Pre-Kindergarten Programs
This guide provides PreK program leaders and teachers with a policy road map to reopening. The guide provides information on health and safety requirements, implementation strategies for a variety of instructional models, and reporting and site monitoring requirements.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 23 minutes
New Mexico Outdoor Learning Guidance for 2020-2021 School Reentry
This fact sheet provides administrators, teachers, and families with practical tools, resources, and practices to safely conduct outdoor learning and reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources; Best Practices
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Operating Safely During COVID-19: Waiver Election Chart
This tool chart supports school and community sponsors in electing meal program flexibilities for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meal programs. The tool chart provides information on existing waivers and easy access to elect meal flexibilities for USDA school and community nutrition programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Operating Safely During COVID-19: School Nutrition Staff Safety, Food Safety, and COVID-19
This resource provides guidance to school and community sponsors on safety practices within U.S. Department of Agriculture meal programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource addresses COVID-19 guidance for mask wearing, food safety, and social distancing.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Operating Safely During COVID-19: Summer Food Service Program Desk Review Monitoring Form and Example
This resource assists Virginia school and community sponsors in completing required site monitoring of Summer Food Service Programs by desk review instead of in-person review. Desk reviews help ensure program integrity while allowing for flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Operating Safely During COVID-19: Child and Adult Care Food Program Desk Review Monitoring Form and Example
This resource assists Virginia school and community sponsors in completing required site monitoring of Child and Adult Care Food Programs by desk review instead of in-person review. Desk reviews help ensure program integrity while allowing for flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Operating Safely During COVID-19: Back to School Toolkit
This toolkit supports Virginia district and school leaders and school nutrition directors and staff in developing plans and strategies for continued meal service to children throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit includes sample menus, checklists, and guidance for different meal service models.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Estimated Engagement Time: 36 minutes
New Mexico Public Education Department Guidance for Students Experiencing Homelessness: Legal Obligations and Best Practices for School Reentry
These student needs and rights are unique and should not be conflated with the needs of economically disadvantaged, special education and ESL students. Given a likely dramatic increase in the number of students meeting the definition of homeless since the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and schools must make affirmative and aggressive efforts to identify newly homeless children. Once identified, districts and schools must ensure equitable access to education for students experiencing homelessness as they prepare for the new school year.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students experiencing homelessness
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned ; State or Local Resources
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 21 minutes
Teaching Virtual Lab Science Classes, Synchronously, to Students at a Rural, Remote, Native-American-Serving Non-Tribal Community College
This program profile highlights how Northland Pioneer College redesigned lab science classes to replicate key components of the in-person lab experience and maintain student engagement in active learning during the remote instruction period. The program included the provision of lab material kits for students at home and the use of technology to connect students online.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Students from low-income backgrounds; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Northland Pioneer College
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Lessons from the ABC Science Collaborative
This program profiles provides lessons learned through collaborations between school and community leaders, as well as scientists and physicians, to make informed decisions about returning to in-person learning. The profile outlines how decisions may be informed through evidence in the medical literature, a core set of principles for mitigating COVID-19 transmission, a national program for equitable access to information, and symptom-tracking tools.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
COVID-19 Best Practices for Summer Camps
This program profile shares planning and implementation procedures for safe operation of an in-person summer learning camp that was held in the San Francisco Bay Area of California during the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers guidance, strategies, and lessons learned for providing in-person summer learning experiences for students while maintaining compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local county health guidelines.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: DesignX
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
College of Central Florida COVID-19 Plan
This program profile describes the College of Central Florida's COVID-19 pandemic response and lists strategies used by the institution to address challenges caused by COVID-19, such as adapting services and implementing mitigation measures.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: College of Central Florida
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Turtle Mountain Community College COVID-19 Response Plan
This program profile shares a detailed plan of action for phased school reopening. The plan offers guidance for students, teachers, faculty, and staff during each phase of reopening and is customizable based on COVID-19 caseload and local community needs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Turtle Mountain Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 18 minutes
Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty
This reopening plan utilizes local, state, and federal public health guidance to provide a detailed outline for safely reopening schools. It shares best practices for encouraging student retention and success; supporting students by strengthening organizational capacity; and increasing the health, safety and well-being of students, faculty, staff and the community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Hocking College
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
San Bernardino County & Victor Valley College’s COVID-19 Testing Site
This program profile describes a partnership between Victor Valley College and San Bernardino County, California, that involved working to increase organizational capacity and to support whole community health through the creation and operation of a no-cost COVID-19 testing site.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Victor Valley College
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Creating Telehealth for Counseling Services
This program profile highlights the creation of telehealth services at Heidelberg University in response to student needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides information on materials utilized to develop and offer telehealth services and can serve as a model for increasing mental health services capacity.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; State or Local Resources
Organization: Heidelberg University
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Utica College COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Protocol
This Web page hosts a collection of tools and resources for students, faculty, and staff that share guidance and best practices for safe campus operation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring Utica College's COVID-19 surveillance testing protocol and reopening guides, this Web page also holds archives of the college's historical COVID-19 response plans and communications.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Utica College
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Northeast Iowa Community College Coronavirus Website & Playbook
This Website and playbook serve as a comprehensive guide and resource hub for Northeast Iowa Community College’s COVID-19 response. The Website and playbook detail the procedures and protocols implemented to ensure safe and healthy environments and to communicate updates on public health data and developments in campus operations and services.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Northeast Iowa Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
COVID-19 Recommendations for Postsecondary Education
This program profile provides a selection of Neumann University’s best practices to maintain safe and healthy environments and support students, faculty, and staff during remote learning and limited in-person instruction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes details on practices such as investing in a robust technological infrastructure before the onset of COVID-19, allowing for student and faculty choice in classroom instruction methods and limiting in-person class sizes.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Neumann University
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Personal Protective Equipment Inventory Management Sample Report
This innovative spotlight shares a data-driven approach for ensuring accessible and transparent management of personal protective equipment (PPE). The university utilizes materials management software and data dashboards to track the receipt, distribution, usage, and current inventory of PPE and ensures the university maintains supply and anticipates future needs.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Western Carolina University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Personal Protective Equipment Inventory Management Western Carolina University
This program profile provides an innovative model for use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the management of COVID-19 related materials on college and university campuses. The program utilizes existing software, namely TMA warehouse inventory management software and Tableau data dashboards, to enable all inventory management stakeholders to have reliable, transparent access to actionable PPE inventory data.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; English learners
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Western Carolina University
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Jarvis Christian College COVID-19 Best Practices
This fact sheet provides a bulleted list of Jarvis Christian College’s procedures, protocols, and services to maintain safe and healthy environments and support students, faculty, and staff during the return to in-person campus activities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Jarvis Christian College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Incident Command Model
This program profile highlights the innovative COVID-19 pandemic response management model employed at Defiance College. The college’s Incident Command model sets in place collaborative decision-making and accountability structures to craft an appropriate and consistent administrative response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Innovative Spotlight; State or Local Resources
Organization: Defiance College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Teachers and School Staff
This infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of teachers and school staff.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Parents and Caregivers
This infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of parents and caregivers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Early Learners
This infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of early learners.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Youth in Marginalized Groups
This infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of youth in marginalized groups.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Considerations for Parents and Caregivers in Spanish
This Spanish-language infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of parents and caregivers.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Social Emotional Wellness: Considerations for Military-Connected Learners
This infographic guide includes key facts, essential questions, and links to curated resources that promote the social-emotional well-being of military-connected learners.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Student veterans; Military-connected students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Virginia Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Santa Fe College (Gainesville, Florida) Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This implementation story shares a comprehensive outline of Santa Fe College’s strategies and initiatives to assist students, faculty, staff, and community members by providing public health information and support services during both the remote instruction period and the return to in-person instruction.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Students from low-income backgrounds; First-generation college students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Santa Fe College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Guidance for Dental Settings
This document outlines procedures created by the Utah College of Dental Hygiene to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details steps to support students, faculty and clinic patients in a variety of settings while maintaining compliance with the regulations set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Dental Association.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Lessons Learned
Organization: Utah College of Dental Hygiene
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
This guide from the Nova Academy of Cosmetology shares procedures and protocols to maintain safe and healthy environments for students, staff and clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide provides an example of best practices for cosmetology programs or other education programs that require client interactions.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Nova Academy of Cosmetology
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Tennessee State University Operations Guide Spring/Fall 2020 – Updated Spring 2021: COVID-19 Best Practices
This program profile outlines the best practices implemented at Tennessee State University to maintain a safe and healthy campus environment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights protocols and procedures for residential buildings and campus life, courses and classrooms, research labs and employees.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Tennessee State University
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Strategies for Maintaining Campus Health and Safety during COVID-19
This program profile highlights Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s best practices for maintaining a safe and healthy campus environment and developing support networks for students. The college implemented a variety of strategies including a COVID-19 dashboard, a team of health screeners, an online student assistance form and a laptop loaner program.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Best Practices in Delivering Virtual Student Support Programs and Services
This program profile highlights Bay Path University’s nationally recognized best practices for delivering virtual student support programs and services. Bay Path University provides a virtual ecosystem called Social Online Universal Learning that uses data to innovate online learning and help ensure students gain the skills necessary for career success post-graduation.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Bay Path University
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
LinkedIn Learning
This program profile shares an education technology implementation success story
from University of La Verne. The university supports student success by integrating LinkedIn Learning technology with general education and career center Web platforms. By combining these tools, University of La Verne leverages technology to enhance retention, student success and student career outcomes.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; English learners, First-generation college students, Students from low-income backgrounds, Undocumented students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: University of La Verne
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Mental Health (Telehealth) Support for College Students
This implementation profile describes the strategies and methods Iowa Lakes Community College utilizes to increase mental health service capacity on campus and support students' needs. By increasing access to services and reducing wait times and paperwork, Iowa Lakes Community College supports students' mental health and wellness so they can focus on achieving academic success.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Iowa Lakes Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Update on Transmission of SARS CoV2 Variants
This Web page offers current information on the existence and incidence of COVID-19 variants and shares actionable guidance which individuals, schools, districts and communities can use to stay healthy and protected against different variants of COVID-19.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Update on School Lunch
This Web page provides guidance on maintaining physical distancing in schools during lunchtime. It also offers guidance and mitigation strategies to support education agencies with working to ensure lunchtime remains safe when inclement weather reduces access to outdoor space.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Update on Masking
This Web page shares current research and best practices on double-masking and offers insight on how double-masking combined with other COVID-19 mitigation strategies can help ensure safe and healthy school environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Update on Bus Safety
This Web page shares COVID-19 safety and mitigation strategies specific to school bus transportation.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Parents for Healthy Schools
This set of resources for schools, school groups and school wellness committees from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides evidence-based strategies for encouraging parent involvement in school health. The strategies are grounded in a framework for engaging parents that includes three aspects: connecting with parents, engaging parents in school health activities and sustaining parent engagement in school health.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Federal Resources
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
ABC Pandemic Management Platform
This online platform hosts an integrated set of tools for gathering, monitoring and analyzing the daily health information of students and adults at school.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: ABC Science Collaborative
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Kentucky Department of Education COVID-19 Guidance 2.0
This comprehensive handbook for school administrators and leaders provides detailed guidance on supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide includes sections on health and safety, instructional best practices and safety considerations for building and district operations.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 53 minutes
The Guidance and Safety Expectations and Best Practices for Kentucky Schools
This guide outlines universal expectations and best practices for reopening Kentucky K-12 schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide includes detailed information about social distancing, mask requirements, screening and school health policies, sanitation efforts, and contact tracing.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Kentucky Department of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Warner Public Schools’ COVID-19 Plan
This document details one public school district's mitigation approaches to ensure safe operation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned
Organization: Warner Public Schools
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 minute
Rethinking Schools: A Public Health Guided Return to Site-Based Classroom Instruction in the Age of COVID-19
This resource hub for Marin County, California educational institutions provides English and Spanish-language guidelines and public health updates to facilitate the safe and healthy return to site-based classroom instruction. The resource hub offers a broadly applicable example of transparent communication with a variety of stakeholders.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resource ; Lessons Learned
Organization: Marin County Office of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Marin County Schools Dashboard
This dashboard uses interactive maps to share current information on school opening status and COVID-19 spread. Originally created to provide visual information for the Marin County school district community, this Website provides a template other school districts can model when creating a geographic information systems dashboard.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Marin County Office of Education
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
What About Us? Teacher Learning During COVID-19
This Webinar covers topics of educator learning and professional development during COVID-19. Panelists discuss online professional learning opportunities and share strategies for improving teacher practice through coaching, self-reflection and knowledge application.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: RTI International
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
Best Practices – Technology for Equitable Educational Access to Postsecondary Students in Rural Areas through Partnership with Law Enforcement
This program profile outlines a partnership between Northland Pioneer College and local law enforcement agencies to provide laptops, hotspots and Wi-Fi connections to isolated students across the college’s 21,000 square mile service area amid mandatory curfews and quarantines and the closure of tribal borders to visitors. The program profile provides an example of how to leverage a community partnership to keep rural students connected to their classes during remote instruction.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned ; Innovative Spotlight
Organization: Northland Pioneer College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Northern Essex Community College’s Guide for Returning to Work and FAQ
This guide provides support and guidance on reopening and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in colleges and universities. The comprehensive guide features sections on cleaning protocols, case tracking and reporting, air quality and safety, and student and faculty support services.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Northern Essex Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 40 minutes
St. Petersburg College Comeback Plan
This video for students, staff and faculty outlines St. Petersburg College’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and procedures established to facilitate a safe and healthy environment for in-person instruction and activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video provides an example of leveraging multimedia formats to communicate important safety protocols to school communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: St. Petersburg College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
COVID-19 Resource Page
This Web page provides resources that support students, teachers, faculty, staff and the greater community. It compiles local, state and federal public health resources; shares a detailed return to campus plan; and offers information on COVID-19 vaccination eligibility and accessibility.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Institutional Effort to Combat an Invisible Enemy
This Web page provides regular updates about the COVID-19 pandemic to faculty, staff, students, and families of Navajo Technical University. It also provides broadly applicable resources on health and wellness, safety protocols and reopening plans.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Students from low-income backgrounds; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Student veterans; Military-connected students; Students experiencing homelessness; First-generation college students
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: Navajo Technical University
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Opening the University Safely Protocols
This Web page for the Missouri Baptist University community outlines the university’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and procedures established to facilitate a safe and healthy environment as the school reopened in Fall 2020. These protocols and procedures were implemented and communicated by the University’s COVID Action Team and enabled the university to navigate a successful reopening.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; State or Local Resources
Organization: Missouri Baptist University
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Ring the Bell: Return to In-Person Learning Guidance
This Web page is a resource hub for New Mexico educators and families that provides local data, guidance and tools to maintain safe and healthy environments and to support students and families as schools return to in-person instruction. It offers resources broadly applicable to the education field, including a COVID-19 response toolkit for public schools; reentry support documents; and guidance and resources for educators, school safety and student supports, families and the community.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Blog Series on Teacher Burnout and Trauma
This blog series explores the reality of teacher burnout and trauma given the many stressors introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The series also discusses coaching as a strategy for increasing teacher resilience in the face of these challenges.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: RTI International
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Creating a Healthy Remote Learning Culture
This Webinar for educators provides insight into creating positive and effective learning environments in remote, hybrid and in-person educational settings. Panelists discuss strategies for cultivating meaningful teacher-student relationships, supporting families remotely and promoting high-quality learning experiences now and in the future.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: RTI International
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
From Good Guidance to Trauma Informed Care: Meeting All Children's Behavioral Support Needs
This Website for educators provides a series of articles that share guidance, insight and strategies for supporting young children’s behavioral needs during and after traumatic experiences.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Guidance Related to Child Care During COVID 19
This Web page shares strategies for reducing the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19 in early child care and education settings.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Federal Resources ; State or Local Resources
Organization: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Estimated Engagement Time: 32 minutes
Safe Mealtime Procedures in Schools
This Web page offers a step-by-step framework and implementation models for schools to plan mealtime procedures that are appropriate for their facilities and resources, ensure the safety of students and staff, and address the needs of remote students. It highlights examples of schools that have returned to in-person or hybrid instruction.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Learning Accelerator
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Mask and PPE Culture Topic Page
This Web page shares key recommendations, considerations and strategies for building a mask-wearing culture in schools. Accompanying resources include a toolkit for educators on school mask culture, guides on mask protocols, examples from the field, and educational stories and a video for students.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Learning Accelerator
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Simultaneous Learning Strategies from the Field
This Web page for educators provides guidelines on simultaneous in-person and remote instruction, focusing on four key areas: routines and space, culture and community, dynamic use of time and modalities, and opportunities for self-direction and personalization. Each key area is accompanied by practical strategies for addressing both challenges and opportunities that may arise with simultaneous learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: The Learning Accelerator
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
The State’s First Social Emotional Framework New Mexico's Public Education Department is prioritizing SEL in response to COVID-19
This blog post introduces the New Mexico Social and Emotional Learning Framework, which offers a guiding set of six principles for schools to use in order to meet student, staff and community behavioral health needs. These principles include positive developmental relationships; intentional development of skills, mindsets and habits; rich instructional experiences; environments filled with safety and belonging; integrated systems and supports; and use of data to assess need and impact.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources
Organization: New Mexico Public Education Department
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Education Stories from the Field
This video series outlines how education leaders in four states—Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming—responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by creating structures, guidance, and resources for their state education agency, local education agencies, and the general public.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Caring for Yourself: Foundational to Caring for Others
This webinar provides an overview of chronic stress and the associated symptoms, causes and effects. Panelists spotlight one state’s approach to increasing caregiver well-being and share resources specific to early child care providers which support mindfulness and self-care.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care State Capacity Building Center Infant Toddler Specialist Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 10 minutes
Trauma Responsive Care: A Framework for Resilience
This webinar on the impact of trauma on children, caregivers and families highlights the value of responsive practices to support resiliency and build protective factors. Panelists further outline the implementation of trauma responsive systems in early childhood and child care programs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care State Capacity Building Center Infant Toddler Specialist Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 31 minutes
Trauma-Responsive Care: A Framework for Resilience for Tribes
This webinar for early childhood providers offers guidance on how to identify the impact of adverse childhood experiences on children, caregivers and families; recognize the value of culturally responsive approaches to support resiliency in children, families and Indigenous communities; and understand the elements of a trauma-responsive system of care.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 16 minutes
Office of Child Care & Office of Head Start National Centers’ COVID-19 Resources for Tribal Early Care and Education Programs
This report and resource compilation is designed for early care and education programs administered by Tribal Nations, Tribal consortia, and other entities who work with Tribal child care providers, Tribal Head Start or Early Head Start programs, and Tribal Home Visiting programs. These resources support program leaders in navigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tribal children, families, providers, staff and communities.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Education
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Child Care and Development Fund Health and Safety Requirements Brief #1: Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
This brief for Licensing and Child Care and Development Fund administrators provides an overview of national guidelines and state requirements on the prevention and control of infectious disease in child care settings. The brief supports administrators considering revisions to state standards for both licensed and license-exempt providers, and guides school and home care provider efforts to improve the health and safety of their learning environments.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care Early Childhood Quality Assurance Center (HHS TA Center)
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Out-of-School-Time Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Toolkit
This toolkit for out-of-school-time programs provides program leaders with multiple resources for supporting safe and healthy environments for school-age children. The toolkit also contains a section providing guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (HHS TA Center)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment Social Emotional Learning Resources
This resource toolkit for district and school leaders focuses on supporting K-12 children’s social and emotional learning during out-of-school time. This collection includes webinars, guided reflections, best practices, real-world examples and action steps to support children and staff during COVID-19.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (HHS TA Center)
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Resource Guide for Developing Integrated Strategies to Support the Social and Emotional Wellness of Children
This resource toolkit includes webinars, a guide, and additional articles that highlight best practices on integrating social and emotional support strategies into early child care systems to support young children during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit also provides examples of Child Care and Development Fund grantees that have leveraged partnerships and funding to support program implementation success.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Child Care Early Childhood Quality Assurance Center (HHS TA Center)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Perspectives from Research and Practice: Limiting COVID-19 Transmission in Child Care Programs
This webinar shares perspectives from epidemiology, state human services and health departments, and child care providers about how Rhode Island was able to limit COVID-19 transmission in child care settings. Panelists also explore strategies for minimizing transmission moving forward based on CDC guidance, state requirements, and provider experiences offering care under new protocols to keep children, families and child care staff healthy and safe.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Federal Resources ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Office of Childcare State Capacity Building Center (HHS TA Center)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 24 minutes
COVID-19: Key Questions to Ask Before School Reopens
This discussion guide provides key questions for parents, students, and community members to ask during reopening discussions with district and local school leaders. Question topics include school operations, academic recovery, social-emotional and health supports, remote learning and family engagement.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices
Organization: SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Social Emotional Learning and Intensive Intervention
This brief for educators, state and local leaders, and trainers and coaches presents an overview of how social and emotional learning relates to intensive intervention and offers sample strategies for skill building among students in need of intensive learning, social, emotional and behavioral supports.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Returning to School: Considerations for Students with the Most Intensive Behavioral Needs. A Guide to Supporting Students With Disabilities, Their Families, and Educators During the 2020–21 School Year
This guide and accompanying video for leadership teams includes strategies and key practices for supporting students with the most intensive behavioral needs, their families, and educators in their transitions back to school during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. These resources prioritize health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth and provide recommendations for supporting students with intensive needs in a variety of learning formats.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Building a Culture of Staff Wellness Through Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This brief provides recommendations to district and school leadership teams on how the components of positive behavioral interventions and supports can be used to prioritize staff health and wellbeing.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Students from low-income backgrounds; first-generation college students; students experiencing homelessness; students in or formerly in foster care; LGBTQIA students; undocumented students; student veterans and military-connected students; student parents; international students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 hours and 20 minutes
Supporting Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Implementation Through Phases of Crisis Recovery
This brief outlines how the positive behavioral interventions and supports framework can serve as a road map for district and school communities to support students, educators, and families during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief provides strategies to guide implementation efforts through phases of crisis recovery for districts and schools that are getting started or strengthening and maintaining current implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Students from low-income backgrounds; first-generation college students; students experiencing homelessness; students in or formerly in foster care; LGBTQIA students; undocumented students; student veterans and military-connected students; student parents; international students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Returning to School During and After Crisis: A Guide to Supporting States, Districts, Schools, Educators, and Students through a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Framework
This guide describes the use of a multi-tiered system of support framework to support students, families, and educators during the transition back to school during and following the COVID-19 pandemic in a manner that prioritizes their health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities; English learners; Students from low-income backgrounds; first-generation college students; students experiencing homelessness; students in or formerly in foster care; LGBTQIA students; undocumented students; student veterans and military-connected students; student parents; international students
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 58 minutes
Mindfulness in Education: An Approach to Cultivating Self-Awareness That Can Bolster Kids’ Learning
This brief introduces mindfulness as a strategy for facilitating social and emotional learning in schools, explaining the potential benefits of mindfulness for both students and educators. The brief provides examples of mindfulness strategies and lists additional learning resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Community-Care Strategies for Schools During the Coronavirus Crisis: Practical Tips for School Staff and Administrators
This brief offers research and practical guidance for school leaders, educators, and staff to ensure that the culture and climate of school communities remain collaborative, effective, healthy, and sustainable while coping with the stresses of social isolation, school closures, and changes to how services are provided.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Investing in Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning
This report for district and school leaders provides guidance on how to assess local needs relative to social and emotional learning and how to identify appropriate evidence-based interventions that address those needs.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
How Schools Ensure Social Connections During Physical Isolation
This webinar for school and education leaders explores the practical realities and research foundations of how remote learning offers both opportunities and imperatives to re-establishing relationships during school closures.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety (CISELSS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes
Selecting Career Changers with Real Potential for Teaching and Designing a Program to Meet Their Needs
This handbook for district and school leaders offers guidelines on alternative preparation programs for hiring and developing new teaching candidates from other fields, including applicants making a career change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource supports leaders in selecting candidates who are more likely to be successful in the education field, and provides best practices on supporting new educators.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Addressing Shortages of Educators in an Uncertain COVID-19 Landscape: Viewing Teacher Candidates as Assets
This brief offers concrete ways teacher candidates can be leveraged to better support veteran teachers during the shift to remote learning, or as a component of new education models as schools return to in-person instruction.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
Recommendations for Reopening Face-to-Face Sessions for Inclusionary Preschools and Early Care Centers
This handbook supports program administrators, directors and classroom practitioners design educational environments as they return to in-person operations. The handbook outlines practices and strategies that have proved effective across time and are supported by research on preschool inclusion.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Considerations for Increasing In-Person Activities and Making Infrastructure Adjustments for Part C During COVID-19
This handbook outlines key considerations for State Part C programs as governors and state leaders begin to lift stay-at-home orders and programs move through various stages of returning to in-person operations. These considerations are expected to evolve over time to address the changing landscape and impact of COVID-19 on children and families, personnel and service delivery.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Preschool During the Pandemic: Early Childhood Education in Extraordinary Times
This video series shares the experiences of practitioners and families from across the country, illustrating success stories of supporting preschoolers and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and return to in-person learning in the fields of early education and early childhood special education.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; Early Childhood Programs
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Does Your School Reopening Plan Ensure Educational Equity?
This infographic provides district leaders with guiding prompts to ensure educational equity is built into reopening plans so all students' academic, health, and safety needs are met, with an emphasis on supporting historically underserved students.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) EAC South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Guide to Ensuring Education Equity During and After COVID-19
This guide for education leaders and state officials provides specific recommendations for policy and best practices to ensure education equity during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) EAC South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
School Reopening Webinar Series
This webinar series for district and school leaders explores what the future holds for reopenings, mental health and emotional well-being in the wake of the myriad of issues facing today’s students such as COVID-19, school safety, immigration, and the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) EAC South
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Student Perspectives on a Changing School Climate
This webinar includes student panelists who outline the needs of their peers in relation to issues such as COVID-19, school safety, immigration, and the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) EAC South
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
COVID-19, Racism and Xenophobia: A Discussion on How and Why the Pandemic is Affecting Asian Americans
This webinar includes panelists who discuss the historical and current context of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander racism and xenophobia, distinguish between hate incidents and hate crimes, and identify actions the general public can take to address bigotry and discrimination.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Mid-Atlantic Equity Center (MAEC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 23 minutes
Five Formative Assessment Strategies to Improve Distance Learning Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
This brief presents five formative assessment strategies teachers can use to engage students with disabilities in remote learning environments. The strategies can also be used in in-person and hybrid learning settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Educational Outcomes
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Pre-assessment to Plan Instruction for Students with Disabilities During Distance Learning
This brief for educators presents 10 pre-assessment tools that help guide the instructional planning process for students with disabilities in remote learning environments. The tools can also be used in in-person and hybrid learning settings.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Educational Outcomes
Estimated Engagement Time: 19 minutes
Remote Literacy Learning Implementation Toolkit
This toolkit assists schools and families in collaborating to support children’s literacy growth in remote or hybrid learning environments. It explains the features of remote literacy learning, roles that schools and families play, tips for planning and implementing remote literacy learning, and coaching steps to support literacy learning at home.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Improving Literacy
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Academic and Behavior Intervention, Screening, and Progress Monitoring Tools Charts
This collection of tool charts for schools assists educators and families in choosing academic and behavioral assessment tools and interventions that meet standards for technical rigor and address their specific needs. The collection includes academic and behavior screening tools, academic and behavior progress monitoring charts, and academic and behavior intervention charts.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; English learners; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Center on Intensive Intervention
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Secondary Transition Considerations and Guiding Questions for Youth Exiting from High School
This guide supports students and their family members who are exiting from school services during a period of limited in-person access to education and community services. It provides an organizing structure for students to identify potential areas of need and for community service providers to support immediate transition decisions.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: National Technical Assistance Center on Transition
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Effective Classroom Instructional & Behavior Management Strategies
This presentation for educators provides an overview of strategies to create supportive and positive classrooms using positive behavioral interventions and supports.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and Continuity of Learning: Getting Systems Back Up and Running
This presentation offers strategies for schools to establish and maintain systems to keep education safe, predictable and positive upon return to in-person instruction following school closures, remote learning, and possible trauma related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Supporting Students with Disabilities at School and Home: A Guide for Teachers to Support Families and Students
This guide highlights five key practices for teachers and families to support all students, including students with disabilities, at school and home. For each practice, the guide provides tips for teachers to support students with disabilities during instruction; tips for families that educators can share to enhance learning at home, especially during periods of remote instruction; and free-access resources that include evidence-based strategies (e.g., informational guides, downloadable materials, research-based programs).
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Returning to School During and After Crisis: A Guide to Supporting States, Districts, Schools, Educators, and Students through a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Framework during the 2020-2021 School Year
This guide for students, families and educators describes the use of a multi-tiered systems of support framework that prioritizes their health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth upon return to in-person instruction after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments ; Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families ; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 58 minutes
Teaching Social-Emotional Competencies within a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Framework
This brief for school personnel provides guidance on teaching social-emotional competencies within a positive behavioral interventions and supports framework to support systematic, school-wide implementation.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families; Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
Responding to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Through Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
This website provides simple recommendations educators can embed across a continuum of supports as they continue to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Getting Back to School after Disruptions: Resources for Making Your School Year Safer, More Predictable and More Positive
This practice guide presents six strategies school teams can use to ensure a safe, predictable and positive school year. These strategies are applicable for all students experiencing school closure, as well as for individual students returning from extended time away from school.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Creating a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Behavior Teaching Matrix for Remote Instruction
This practice brief shares tips for maintaining continuity of learning by defining classroom expectations for remote learning environments. Using a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports framework, teachers can make remote learning safe, predictable and positive.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Responding to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Through Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
This practice brief provides simple recommendations for building prosocial skills which educators can embed across a continuum of supports. The brief also provides strategies for building prosocial behavior families can encourage while students are at home.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Virtual Individualized Education Program Meeting Tip Sheets
This guide provides information on holding and participating in virtual individualized education program meetings. The resource includes technology tips, tips for hosting virtual meetings and tips for participating in virtual individualized education program meetings.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: PROGRESS Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Blog Series: Supporting Well-Being and Learning Through a Concerns-Based Approach
This blog series presents a concerns-based approach to supporting teacher well-being and provides frameworks school leaders can utilize to promote sustained well-being and learning.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 12 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Supporting Multilingual and English Learner Students During Distance Learning
This webinar series shares best practices for educators in supporting multilingual and English learner students in a remote setting.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Digital Professional Learning for K–12 Teachers: Literature Review and Analysis
This brief provides support in developing online professional learning environments, exploring ways that virtual learning communities can engage educators and ensure continued access to professional learning opportunities and supports.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 15 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 14 minutes
Care for the Caregivers: Wellness Strategies for Student Support Service Providers
This brief presents mental wellness strategies for student support service providers and shares tools and techniques for self-regulation, managing stress and building resilience.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Healthy Schools Start with Healthy Adults: Strategies to Support Educator Wellness
This brief, developed by subject matter experts, provides practical self-care strategies and resources for educators, school-based staff and student support specialists.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 2 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Digital Divide and COVID-19
This podcast addresses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the digital divide and remote learning.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; LGBTQIA students, undocumented students; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Resilient Above Trauma During COVID 19
This webinar provides strategies for educators in managing trauma related to the pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes
Supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander Students During COVID-19
This webinar addresses the stereotypes and discrimination faced by Asian American and Pacific Islander students during the pandemic. Featuring a panel of Asian American educators, this webinar shares strategies for how Asian American and Pacific Islander students can remain resilient above trauma.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour
Pandemic Supports for English Language Learners
This video presents strategies teachers can use in remote, hybrid and in-person settings to support multilingual students in offsetting educational disparities.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 57 minutes
Western Educational Equity Assistance Center Guidance for Reopening Schools
This video provides guidance for secondary school administrators on school reopening.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 4 Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: 15 minutes
Better Together: A Coordinated Response for Principal and District Leaders
This brief provides guidance for administrators on supporting the social-emotional well-being of teachers and staff upon return to in-person instruction after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 8 minutes
A Practitioners Guide to Responding to COVID-19 Series: Guides and Tools for State and Local School Administrators
This annotated bibliography identifies guides and tools that may be useful for state and local administrators when planning for learning acceleration and offsetting lost instructional time.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 7 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction within Remote Learning Environments
This paper provides a multidisciplinary perspective to providing all PreK-12 students with appropriate, standards-aligned, and evidence-based literacy instruction in blended/hybrid learning environments and addressing challenges presented by COVID-19.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
Illinois Superintendent Peer-to-Peer Focus Groups Report
This report shares an overview of focus groups made up of one state's superintendents to discuss current challenges, share successes, examine strategies to deal with the reopening of schools and beyond, and identify and apply evidence-based resources.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Region 9 Comprehensive Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 17 minutes
Ways to Create Welcoming, Bully-Free Online Learning Environments
This blog for school leaders and teachers provides strategies to prevent cyberbullying in schools, and can also be applied to online learning environments.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Research-Based Strategies for Effective Remote Learning
This workshop series includes strategies for supporting student engagement in a virtual environment, monitoring academic progress and providing feedback to students, and designing instruction for a hybrid model that combines a mix of in-person and virtual learning.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Common Trauma Symptoms in Students and Helpful Strategies for Educators
This handout lists common trauma symptoms that students may exhibit and presents "preventative," "in the moment," and "after the moment" strategies for working with students who may exhibit emotional or behavioral symptoms of trauma.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Personalizing Instruction to Address COVID-19 Learning Gaps
This webinar presents systemic supports that school leaders can implement to facilitate personalization, as well as specific actions for classroom teachers to take, to meet the needs of students whose learning has been disrupted. A flyer also provides personalization options and supports.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Central
Estimated Engagement Time: 41 minutes
Healthy Students = Strong Learners
This documentary shares information and evidence from one state's efforts to improve the health and academic outcomes of public school students through expanding access to health care.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
Learning for a Lifetime
This documentary focuses on strategies for promoting a positive school climate, trust between students and staff, and the implementation of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) practices. The documentary also provides an overview of fundamental SEL concepts.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Implementation Stories; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 27 minutes
COVID-19: Evidence-Based Resources
This website is a collaboration of the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories to provide evidence-based resources and guidance about teaching and learning in a remote environment.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 26 minutes
Supporting Student’s Social and Emotional Learning
These two webinars provide education and guidance for districts and schools in implementing Social and Emotional Learning practices.
Tags:
Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 51 minutes
Toolkit for Assessing Learning Changes After Spring 2020 COVID-19 School Closures
This toolkit for district-level researchers provides resources for data collection and analysis, helping school districts understand how students are faring after school closures and disruptions to learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 26 minutes
Shifting the Current School Climate: Sense of Belonging and Social and Emotional Learning
This infographic describes school- and classroom-level strategies to foster a positive school climate.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Culturally Responsive Leading and Learning: Addressing Equity Through Student and Family Voice
This blog discusses the importance of acknowledging, respecting, and integrating student voice and family voice in building and sustaining collaborative relationships between educators and families.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools; Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
Reflecting on Teacher Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This blog focuses on fostering teacher well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting three ways to address the challenges that teachers face when adapting to change.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; College and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 12 minutes
What Are the Freely Associated States of the Pacific?
This infographic provides an overview of the Compacts of Free Association (CFA), including the historical and current social and political contexts necessary to understand the experiences of some Pacific Island students in U.S. schools.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; College and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
Culturally Sustaining Teaching Practices for Multilingual Students
This infographic illustrates best practices for culturally sustaining teaching of multilingual students and provides examples of how to implement these practices in the classroom.
Tags:
Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; College and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Fostering Teacher Wellbeing to Support Student Learning
This video provides an overview of research on teacher well-being and examines how supporting teacher well-being can create a positive and productive learning environment for students.
Tags:
Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; College and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 9 minutes
How To Grow Teacher Wellbeing in Your Schools
This infographic describes the importance of teacher well-being and provides Social Emotional Learning activities to foster positive and supportive relationships with colleagues and students.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools; College and Universities
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific
Estimated Engagement Time: 7 minutes
Supporting Student Mental Health and Responding to Trauma
This infographic highlights strategies and resources that educators and administrators can use to support students experiencing COVID-19, racial, and/or other types of trauma, as well as a four-phase approach to guide self-reflection and discussion with colleagues around equity.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 5 minutes
Supporting Young Children's Learning and Development at Home: Resources for Early Childhood Educators and Caregivers
This Microsoft Excel document includes two searchable spreadsheets of resources that educators and caregivers can use to support young children's learning and development at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 20 minutes
Evidence-Based Blended Learning Programs and Instructional Practices
This evidence review is part of a project supporting schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is focused on evidence-based instructional practices in blended learning in primary and secondary schools. This systematic evidence review was used with follow-up training sessions for staff.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 hours and 9 minutes
Supporting Young English Learners at Home: Family and Caregiver Activities
These nine activity sheets, in both English and Spanish, provide fun activities that families and caregivers can use with children to strengthen language development. An educator's guide provides tips on making the most out of the activities.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; English learners
; Early Childhood Programs; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Engaging Parents and Students from Diverse Populations in the Context of Distance Learning
This webinar presents district and school-based strategies to support student and family engagement, particularly among underserved populations, in the context of distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters use research and lessons learned to discuss strategies in three areas: cultivating a partnership orientation, practicing cultural responsiveness, and establishing two-way communication.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; Racial/ethnic subgroups; Students from low-income backgrounds
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: State or Local Resources; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 43 minutes
Seizing the Moment: Race Equity Mindsets, Social and Emotional Well-Being, and Outcomes for Students
In this webinar, panelists share research on race equity mindsets, social and emotional well-being, and outcomes for Black, Latinx, and other students of color, providing evidence for equity focused program models in schools as a driver for improving student outcomes. Panelists provide practical strategies for school leaders to: advance equitable learning environments for Black, Latinx, and other students of color, promote positive relationships among educators, students, and families, and foster agency and belonging.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; Racial/ethnic subgroups
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Lessons Learned; Best Practices; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes
Strategies for Districts to Support Self-Care for Educators During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this webinar, presenters discuss self-care for educators, underscoring the importance of self-care as a pathway for supporting students and the school community. Panelists provide strategies aligning with three themes: healthy mindsets, connectedness and belonging, and healthy, realistic boundaries and interactions.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory West
Estimated Engagement Time: 51 minutes
Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts
This toolkit provides an overview of Continuous Improvement processes in education, with a focus on the use of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. The toolkit leads educational practitioners through a series of PDSA cycles, using case examples to illustrate Continuous Improvement processes in an educational context.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Social and Emotional Learning Coaching Series Guide
This document guides practitioners through a five-session coaching series on using Social Emotional Learning (SEL) research to identify evidence-based SEL interventions to implement in their districts. The slideshow presentation, exercises, and worksheets have been adapted to meet the needs of self-guided learners.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Estimated Engagement Time: 22 minutes
Student Reengagement Learning Collaborative
This brief describes the K-12 Student Reengagement Learning Collaborative, convened by the SEAC for state education agencies to focus on strategies for reengaging students and families during the 2021-22 school year. This Collaborative will establish a collective understanding of emerging promising practices for reengaging students and create a framework to support the implementation of reengagement strategies.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English; Español
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Student Engagement and Attendance Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Nebraska Title IV-A Implementation: Using Licensed Mental Health Professionals to Support School Mental Health Programs
This program profile spotlights the work of the Nebraska Department of Education and eight of the SEA’s smaller school districts. In 2019, the eight districts united their Title IV-A funds to create a consortium, leveraging these resources to deliver mental health services across the region.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: T4PA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 2 minutes
Title IV, Part A Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program Profile
This program profile details the Title IV, Part A (Title IV-A) Student Support and Academic Enrichment program. The profile includes information about the Title IV-A priority content areas (well-rounded education, safe and healthy students, and the effective use of technology), and general information about allowable uses of funds.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: T4PA Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 3 minutes
Trauma Sensitive Schools Training Package
This training package offers school and district administrators and staff a framework and roadmap for adopting a trauma-sensitive approach either school- or districtwide. The training package includes a variety of resources for educating school staff about trauma-sensitive practices and for providing school leaders with a step-by-step process for implementing a universal, trauma-informed framework.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
This webpage includes a collection of resources to support schools in communicating key information on building a safe, supportive, virtual learning environment. The site includes the category, “Planning for an Appropriate Return to School”, that provides district- and school leaders with several resources to support reopening.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: 6 minutes
Mental Health Resources
This online resource collection includes links to mental health resources to support the emotional and psychological wellbeing of students and families.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: 4 minutes
The School Climate Survey Compendium
The School-Climate Survey Compendium is a collection of valid and reliable surveys, assessments, and scales of school climate that can assist educators in their efforts to identify and assess conditions for learning.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS)
The ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) allow States, local districts, and schools to collect and act on reliable, nationally validated school climate data in real-time.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
The School Climate Improvement Resource Package
This package includes a variety of resources to meet a range of needs among stakeholders interested in improving school climate. These resources include: Quick Guide on Making School Climate Improvements; School Climate Improvement Reference Manual; School Climate Improvement Action Guides; School Climate Data Interpretation Resources; and Online Modules.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Creating A Safe and Respectful Environment in Our Nation's Classrooms - Learning Module
This tool provides support for educators to reduce instances of bullying behavior and build a supportive classroom climate in which bullying is less likely to occur. The content is available in Train the Trainer and Individual formats.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Framework and Accompanying Tools
This framework and supporting tools help educators identify key areas to focus on to create a safe and supportive school climate. Resources include parent and educator guides and school climate surveys to support states, districts and schools in assessing and improving conditions for learning.
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Safe and Healthy Environments
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Start Now to Plan for Students Transitioning Back to School
This article describes steps that schools and educators can take to transition students back into buildings as smoothly as possible upon reopening. By building relationships, maintaining open and frequent communication, and focusing on available student data, schools can ensure that all students are fully supported during school transitions.
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Providing Supports to Students, Young Children, and Families
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: TIES Center
Estimated Engagement Time: 11 minutes
5-15-45: Linking Available Time with Meaningful Collaboration
This tool guides education teams in using the time that is available to them (either 5, 15, or 45 minutes) to collaborate on content, instructional strategies, and barriers to learning for all students in the general education classroom, including students with significant cognitive disabilities.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: TIES Center
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user
Reopening High School: Addressing Reopening Safely for Instruction after COVID-19
This toolkit contains a video and guide, providing educators with tools and resources for reopening high schools after the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure all groups of students achieve at high levels.
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Teacher, Early Childhood Provider, Faculty, and Staff Well-being, Professional Development, and Supports
; Children and students with disabilities
; PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Resource Type: Best Practices ; Technical Assistance Center Resources
Organization: Western Educational Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC)
Estimated Engagement Time: Dependent on user